01413nas a2200385 4500000000100000008004100001260003700042653004900079653004000128653005700168653002500225100001500250700001200265700001300277700001400290700001400304700001200318700001700330700001500347700001700362700001500379700001700394700001500411700001400426700001300440700001600453700001300469700001400482245007600496856010200572300001300674490000700687520031900694022001401013 2022 d bPublic Library of Science (PLoS)10aGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences10aGeneral Immunology and Microbiology10aGeneral Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10aGeneral Neuroscience1 aRussell AE1 aAide TM1 aBraker E1 aGanong CN1 aHardin RD1 aHoll KD1 aHotchkiss SC1 aKlemens JA1 aKuprewicz EK1 aMcClearn D1 aMiddendorf G1 aOstertag R1 aPowers JS1 aRusso SE1 aStynoski JL1 aValdez U1 aWillis CG00aIntegrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674&type=printable ae30016740 v203 a

Understanding tropical biology is important for solving complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic pandemics, but biology curricula view research mostly via a temperate-zone lens. Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed to tackle these issues.

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