Dr. Kaplan: Ecology and Evolution - Fall 2009

Schedule:

  Lecture Reading
Aug 31 M (Lab) Lecture 1. Introductions; Getting ready for Laboratory Bowse all; Green Book* Section A; B; C; D; I
Sept 1 T Lecture 2. Part I. An Evolutionary Framework for Genetics and Ecology Russell Ch. 1, 19**; Lubchenco (1998)
Sept 3 Th Lecture 3. Genetics: An overview of Neo-Darwinian Genetics Russell Ch. 12; Gibson (2005)
LAB I – Quantitative skills: Stickleback Fish and Bombina tadpoles
Sept 7   M No Lab Lecture (Labor Day)  
Sept 8 T (Lab) Lecture 4. The Bombina experiment; Intro to population genetics Skim Russell Ch. 30; Green Book* Section F1-F4;H1-H8
Begin Russell Ch. 20
Sept 10   Th Lecture 5. Genetics: At the population level Russell Ch. 20
LAB II - Part. 1 Tadpole morphological plasticity I; Part 2. Population genetics
Sept 14 M (Lab) Lecture 6. Stickleback in the Canyon; Intro to population ecology Russsell Ch. 49;
Ricklefs 253-254***
Sept 15 T Lecture 7. Ecology: Population growth models
Russell Ch. 49; Ricklefs 14***; web-link: Population Reference Bureau
Sept 17 Th Lecture 8. Ecology: Environment and the Ecological Niche Russell Ch. 49; Ricklefs 14***
LAB III – Reed Canyon Stickleback I
Sept 21 M (Lab) Lecture 9. Stickleback/Bombina Lab Lecture Russell Ch. 49; Ricklefs 14, 253-259, 263-266
Sept 22 T Lecture 10. Ecology: Population Structures Ricklefs 180-192; web-link: Population Pyramids
Sept 24 Th Lecture 11. Evolution and Conservation Review
LAB IV – Canyon Stickleback II & Tadpole Plasticity II
Sept 28 M First Midterm exam  

* The Courses Server (See Green Book D1 for Instructions on Connecting)
** Russell et al. 2008. (main textbook for the year; also on reserve in the Reed Library)
*** Ricklefs 2001.The Economy of Nature. 5th edition (on reserve in the Reed Library)