| AUGUST |
TOPIC |
LEADER |
Readings |
| 23 |
Organization and Overview |
Venable |
|
| 30 |
Density-Yield, Self-thinning, hierarchies, preemption |
Venable |
|
| SEPTEMBER |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Demography Homework |
Venable |
paper |
| 13 |
Seed Size |
Venable |
paper 1, 2 |
| 20 |
Allelopathy |
Sara Felker |
paper |
| 27 |
Competition Experiments |
Jonathan Horst |
paper text: pp 201-222 |
| OCTOBER |
|
|
|
| 4 |
Senescence |
Jennifer Gremer |
Review paper, research paper |
| 11 |
Seed predation |
Keno Larios |
Optional background, paper 1, 2
|
| 18 |
Breeding Systems and Life Histories |
Ana Cerro |
paper 1 |
| 25 |
Wood density and population dynamics |
Ty Taylor |
|
| NOVEMBER |
|
|
|
| 1 |
Seed dispersal and dormancy |
Nate Pierce |
|
| 8 |
Life history theory: annuals vs perennials |
Jay Choi |
|
| 15 |
Population dynamics of Rarity and Extinction |
Fred Drumlevitch |
|
| 22 |
Thanksgiving - no class |
|
|
| 29 |
Population Dynamics and Species Distributions |
John Donoghue |
|
| DECEMBER |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Facilitation |
Susana Rodriguez-Buritica |
|
Plant
Population Ecology Fall 2011
