The annual Research Symposium at DSU is an opportunity for faculty and students to challenge each other to ask better questions, embed them in excellent research design, share compelling findings, and renew this process with persistent curiosity.
The Symposium hosts a diverse cross-section of ongoing undergraduate and graduate research happening at DSU, and often includes supplementary programming such as guest speakers and demonstrations.
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Using Minecraft Education Edition to Teach Cybersecurity Self-Defense
Jacob Geary, Tatum Ronke, and Mark Geary
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Improving Survey Methods to Better Detect Rare Grassland Birds in South Dakota
Kassy Hendricks, Kristel K. Bakker, and Chuck Dieter
- Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data for grassland bird populations has shown the most rapid decline of any 0ther bird group due to the continual loss and fragmentation of grassland habitat (Sauer et al. 2013, Askins et al. 2007).
- Roadside surveys such as BBS may be providing inaccurate assessments of population trends.
- Some grassland birds occur on few BBS routes, occur in low numbers per route, or show high year-to-year fluctuations in number (Dale et al. 2005).
- Some species may exhibit an apparent aversion to or are attracted to roadsides. (Wellicome et al. 2014).
- Habitat near roads may not be representative of the region (Niemuth et al. 2007).
- State BBS trend data is classified as having low credibility for rare grassland birds due to small sample size, low abundance, or imprecise results suggesting that improvements to methodology are necessary.
