BIOLOGY 366 POPULATION ECOLOGY and EVOLUTION

Laboratory/Field Syllabus

LABORATORY/FIELD SCHEDULE for POPULATION BIOLOGY SPRING, 2008
WEEK OF	"LAB" LECTURE	THEME 1 LABORATORY WET WORK	THEME 2 FIELD WORK	THEME 3 DATA ANALYSIS/SIMULATION MODELLING
1/29	1) Experiments in Ecology and Evolution; 2) Bombina and stickleback as model organisms; 3) Introduction to PopBio, and MetaPop, and Jmp.	1) Obtaining frog embryos; setting up plasticity experiment. 2) Setting up stickleback holding tanks.	1) Assignment of Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 1. 2) Tour of the Canyon. Taricha, Pseudacris and Gasterosteus.	1) Working with LTER (Long Term Ecological Research data) stickleback and Oaks Bottom Intro Data Sets in JMP6.0; 2) Introduction to RAMAS.
2/05	1) Probability distributions and summary statistics; 2)Articulating Hypotheses and the importance of randomization in Experimental design; 3) Amphibian biology;	1) Tadpole experiment begins; initial size measurements; 2) Tadpole and stickleback maintenenance.	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 2. 2) Stickleback measurements and data storage begins.	1) LTER continuation. 2) RAMAS continuation
2/12	1) Estimation and hypothesis testing; 2) Stickleback natural history	1) Tadpole experiment 2nd size measurements; 2) Tadpole and stickleback maintenenance.	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 3. 2) Tadpole expt; second set of measurements; data storage and analysis; 3) Stickleback measurements and data storage	1) LTER continuation. 2) RAMAS continuation
2/19	1) Analysis of Variance I. 2) Thinking about independent projects 1) Tadpole experiment 3rd size measurements; 2) Tadpole and stickleback maintenenance.	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 4. 1) Tadpole experiment; third set of measurements; 2) Stickleback data storage and analysis;	1) LTER continuation. 2) RAMAS continuation
2/26	1) Analysis of Variance II 1) Tadpole experiment 4th size measurements; 2) Tadpole and stickleback maintenenance.	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 5. 1) Tadpole experiment, fourth set of measurements; 2) Stickleback data storage and analysis;	1) LTER continuation. 2) RAMAS continuation
3/04	1) Covariance, correlation, and regression1) Tadpole experiment Final Size measurements and data analysis;	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 6. Data analysis and discussion of oral presentation;	1) LTER continuation. 2) RAMAS continuation
3/11	Poster Presentations	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 7. Oral Presentations of Amphibian Project or Stickleback Project
3/25	Independent projects begin and simulation experiments	1) Ensatina Artifical Cover Objects. Data Collection 8. Independent projects and simulation experiments	1) Ensatina ACO Analysis. 2) RAMAS Analysis.
4/01	Independent projects and simulation experiments	Independent Projects
4/08	Independent projects. Simulation experiments due.	Independent projects
4/15	Open Discussion	Independent projects
4/22	Open Discussion	Independent projects
4/29	Open Discussion	Independent proj. (due 5/09 no exceptions)