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Lecture Schedule - Fall 2007

Before each lecture, you are expected to read and study the appropriate chapters in Feldhamer et al. (listed below) and any additional readings assigned.  Brief outlines of lectures, if available, are linked to the appropriate day.

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*

FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 7, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Social Sciences 206