Lectures

Date	Topics	Feldhamer	Handouts, etc.
August 20	Introduction		syllabus, checklists
August 22	The mammalian grade and mammalian diversity	1-2
August 24	Mammalian origins	4
August 27	Mammalian origins
August 29	Museum specimens, data collection, field notes	3
August 31	Zoonoses	27	Field Trip
September 3	No class – Labor Day
September 5	Arizona mammals		Proposal Guidelines
September 7	SWRS Field Trip (depart 11 am, south side of BSE)
September 10	Dentition	4
September 12	Dentition
September 14	Locomotion	6	Locomotion_diagrams
September 17	Taxonomy and systematics (Foldi)	3
September 19	Systematics (continued) - Discussion		see "Readings"
September 21	Feeding and digestion	7	* outlines due *
September 24	No class - TWS Meeting
September 26	Modification of digestive systems
September 28	Physiological ecology - thermal balance (Landeen)	9
October 1	Physiological ecology - thermal balance (Landeen)
October 3	Physiological ecology - water balance
October 5	Reproduction	10
October 8	Reproduction
October 10	Reproduction		Slides
October 12	No lecture - go over lab practical (BSE 223)
October 15	Review
October 17	LECTURE MID-TERM EXAM
October 19	Chiroptera - overview (Sidner)	13
October 22	Spatial orientation - Echolocation (Buecher)
October 24	Behavior and social systems (Koprowski)	21-23
October 26	Go over mid-term exam
October 29	Population ecology	24-25
October 31	Population cycles and El Niño (Petryszyn)
November 2	Community ecology	26	* drafts due *
November 5	Community ecology
November 7	Population genetics and geographic variation (Culver)	3	Slides
November 9	Population genetics and geographic variation (Culver)
November 12	No class – Veteran’s Day
November 14	Speciation
November 16	Speciation		* reviews due *
November 19	Zoogeography (Swann)
November 21	Zoogeography (Foldi)	5
November 23	No class – Thanksgiving
November 26	Zoogeography
November 28	Conservation - Climate change	29
November 30	Conservation - Nonnative species
December 3	Conservation - Nonnative species
December 5	Review		proposals due 11 am