|
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
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Sept. 11 |
Course introduction & logistics; Theories, hypotheses &
models |
Gotelli
& Graves: Preface, and c.
1; Hilborn & Mangel:
Preface, c. 1-2, and Appendix (pp. 281-293). |
|
Sept. 13 |
Lab: Forest structure & diversity I |
Gotelli
& Graves: c. 2-3; Hilborn
& Mangel: c. 3 |
|
Sept. 18 |
Demography and models of single-species population growth |
Hilborn
& Mangel: c. 8-9 |
|
Sept. 20 |
Lab: Forest structure & diversity II |
Weiner
& Thomas (1986) |
|
Sept. 25 |
Species interactions (I) - competition and the niche |
Gotelli
& Graves: c. 4-6 |
|
Sept. 27 |
Lab: Forest structure & diversity III |
|
|
Oct. 2 |
Species interactions (II) - predation, the paradox of enrichment,
and ratio-dependent models |
Hairston,
Smith & Slobodkin (1960);
Berryman (1992);
Ginzburg & Akçakaya
(1992). |
|
Oct. 4 |
Lab: Optimal foraging I |
Hilborn
& Mangel: c. 4-5 |
|
Oct. 11 |
Lab: Optimal foraging II |
Hilborn
& Mangel: c. 10-11 |
|
Oct. 16 |
Species interactions (III) - parasites, parasitoids, and hyperparasites |
Hilborn
& Mangel: c. 6-7 |
|
Oct. 18 |
Lab: Optimal foraging III |
|
|
Oct. 23 |
Species interactions (IV) - facilitation, mutualism, and indirect
effects |
Bertness
& Callaway (1994) |
|
Oct. 25 |
Lab: Optimal foraging IV |
|
|
Oct. 30 |
Community structure (I) - biodiversity, species-area relationships
& biogeography |
Gotelli
& Graves: c. 7-9 |
|
Nov. 1 |
Lab: Assembly rules I |
|
|
Nov. 6 |
Community structure (II) - food webs |
Gotelli
& Graves: c. 10 |
|
Nov. 8 |
Lab: Assembly rules II |
Fox &
Brown (1993) |
|
Nov. 13 |
Community structure (III) - assembly rules |
Weiher
et al. (1998) |
|
Nov. 15 |
Lab: Assembly rules III |
Wilson (1995); Fox
& Brown (1995) |
|
Nov. 20 |
Ecosystem function (I) - Carbon and energy cycling |
Hutchinson (1949) |
|
Nov. 27 |
Ecosystem function (II) - Nutrient cycling |
Vitousek
et al. (1997) |
|
Nov. 29 |
Linking biodiversity and ecosystem function |
Chapin
et al. (1998) |
|
Dec. 4 |
Student presentations I |
|
|
Dec. 6 |
Student presentations II |
|
|
Dec. 11 |
Student presentations III |
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