BIOLOGY 366 POPULATION ECOLOGY and EVOLUTION

Laboratory/Field Syllabus

(Spring 2014)

LABORATORY/FIELD SCHEDULE for POPULATION BIOLOGY
SPRING, 2014
WEEK OF
"LAB" LECTURE
THEME 1
LABORATORY WET WORK 		THEME 2
FIELD WORK 		THEME 3
DATA ANALYSIS/SIMULATION MODELLING
1/28/14

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
2/04 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; Fertilization,

6) Stickleback sampling (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured).

7) Two 5m x 5m quadrats per student set up in the Canyon.

 8) Recording and storing data in JMP
9) Introduction to PopBio and RAMAS. Tutorial 1.
2/11 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. Tadpoles just hatched and one week old. 6) TBA 7) Some simple statistical simulations
8) RAMAS continuation; Tutorial 2.
2/18 1) Estimation and hypothesis testing; Analysis of Variance I.
2) Stickleback natural history
3) ASSIGNMENT 3 		4) Tadpole experiment 2nd size measurements; launch tadpoles into treatments.

5) Two more 5 m x 5m quadrats per student set up for a total of four per student.

6) Stickleback sampling (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured).

 6) RAMAS continuation. Tutorial 3.
2/25

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

4) Tadpole experiment; third set of measurements;

5) Quadrat searching. Data collection begins.

6) Stickleback sampling continues (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured).

 6) RAMAS continuation. Tutorial 4.
3/04 1) Analysis of Variance III; Covariance, correlation, and regression
2) Discuss oral presentations		 3) Tadpole experiment, wrap up.

 4) TBA 5) RAMAS continuation
3/10 POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
  SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK
3/25 Independent projects Independent projects and simulation experiments Independent Projects Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10
4/01 Independent projects Independent Projects
Independent Projects Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10
4/08 ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS
4/15 Open Discussion Independent projects Independent Projects Independent Projects
4/22 Open Discussion Independent projects Independent Projects Independent Projects
4/29 Open Discussion Independent proj (due 5/07 no exceptions) Independent Projects Independent Projects

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