BIOLOGY 366 POPULATION ECOLOGY and EVOLUTION

Laboratory/Field Syllabus

(Spring 2010)

LABORATORY/FIELD SCHEDULE for POPULATION BIOLOGY
SPRING, 2010
WEEK OF
"LAB" LECTURE
THEME 1
LABORATORY WET WORK 		THEME 2
FIELD WORK 		THEME 3
DATA ANALYSIS/SIMULATION MODELLING
2/01

1) Experiments in Ecology and Evolution;
2) Introduction to PopBio, and MetaPop, and Jmp ;
4) ASSIGNMENT 1

4) Working with stickleback and images;
digital cameras, images, and software.
5) Injecting Bombina;

3) Stickleback sampling; general tour of the poikilothermic vertebrates of the Reed Canyon.
 5) Recording and storing data in JMP
6) Introduction to PopBio and RAMAS.
2/08 1) Probability distributions and summary statistics;
2) Articulating Hypotheses and the importance of randomization in Experimental design;
3) Amphibian biology;
4) ASSIGNMENT 2
5) Begin Bombina experiment XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6) Some simple statistical simulations
7) RAMAS continuation;
2/15 1) Estimation and hypothesis testing;
2) Stickleback natural history
3) ASSIGNMENT 3 		5) Tadpole experiment 2nd size measurements;
 4) OAKS BOTTOM 6) RAMAS continuation
2/22

1) Analysis of Variance I.
2) Thinking about independent projects
3) ASSIGNMENT 4

5) Tadpole experiment; third set of measurements;

4) Ensatina in Reed Canyon 6) RAMAS continuation
3/01 1) Analysis of Variance II; Covariance, correlation, and regression
2) Discuss oral presentations		 3) Tadpole experiment, wrap up.

 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 4) RAMAS continuation
3/08 POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
  SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK
3/22 Independent projects Independent projects and simulation experiments Independent Projects Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10
3/29 Independent projects Independent Projects
Independent Projects Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10
4/05 ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS
4/12 Open Discussion Independent projects Independent Projects Independent Projects
4/19 Open Discussion Independent projects Independent Projects Independent Projects
4/26 Open Discussion Independent proj (due 5/07 no exceptions) Independent Projects Independent Projects

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