Laboratory/Field Syllabus
(Spring 2012)
| LABORATORY/FIELD SCHEDULE for POPULATION BIOLOGY SPRING, 2012 |
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WEEK OF |
"LAB" LECTURE
| THEME 1 LABORATORY WET WORK |
THEME 2 FIELD WORK | THEME 3 DATA ANALYSIS/SIMULATION MODELLING |
| 1/24/12 | 1) Lab Philosophy |
2) Brief introduction to the frog room and Bombina |
3) general tour of the poikilothermic vertebrates of the Reed Canyon. |
4) Brief introduction to lab macs and software |
| 1/31 | 1) Experiments in Ecology and Evolution; 2) Introduction to PopBio, MetaPop, and Jmp ; 3) ASSIGNMENT 1 |
4) Working with stickleback and images; digital cameras, images, and software. 5) Injecting Bombina; |
7) Stickleback sampling 7a) Possible Ensatina quadrat work (weather related) |
8) Recording and storing data in JMP 9) Introduction to PopBio and RAMAS |
| 2/07 | 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 | 6) TBA | 7) Some simple statistical simulations 8) RAMAS continuation; |
| 2/14 | 1) Estimation and hypothesis testing; 2) Stickleback natural history 3) ASSIGNMENT 3 |
4) Tadpole experiment 2nd
size measurements; |
5) TBA | 6) RAMAS continuation |
| 2/21 | 1) Analysis of Variance I. |
4) Tadpole experiment; third set of measurements; |
5) TBA | 6) RAMAS continuation |
| 2/28 | 1) Analysis of Variance II; Covariance, correlation, and regression 2) Discuss oral presentations |
3) Tadpole experiment, wrap up. |
4) TBA | 5) RAMAS continuation |
| 3/06 | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA |
| SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/20 | Independent projects | Independent projects and simulation experiments | Independent Projects | Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10 |
| 3/27 | Independent projects | Independent Projects |
Independent Projects | Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10 |
| 4/03 | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS |
| 4/10 | Open Discussion | Independent projects | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
| 4/17 | Open Discussion | Independent projects | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
| 4/24 | Open Discussion | Independent proj (due 5/07 no exceptions) | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
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