Updated LAB Syllabus, with links to readings

Conservation Biology Lab (406L/506L)
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Last Updated 24 November 2004

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(original lab syllabus from 27 Aug 2004)
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Conservation Biology Lab Schedule 2004
[Generally meets Friday 9-noon (14 potential meetings)]

27 Aug. Tumamoc Hill and Introduction, VAN
ecological research, study plots, geology, Tucson basin, desert vegetation, introductions and schedules
Tumamoc Hill Research,
Tumamoc Hill Reading by Nancy Wall,
Views of the Changing Sonoran Desert (large file)
(10 points)


03 Sept. No lab (Labor Day on 06 Sept.)


10 Sept. Rillito and NEPA, VAN (a few pictures)
NEPA Rillito Freeway Lab Document and links therein
Stoel 1999 (article on Urban Sprawl and Freeways)
Newspaper article on traffic,08 Sept 2004
Van Dyke textbook Chapter 2 for information on NEPA, EA, EIS
(10 points)


17 Sept. Tucson Mountain Park, diversity indices, VAN
(a few pictures)
Readings for Friday's lab:
Connell 1978
Species Area Curves and Conservation
(10 points)


24 Sept. Computer Time: Island Biogeography, Population Growth, COMPUTER LAB (meet in ECE206)
Excel Sheet to open in lab on Friday 24 Sept.
http://zeus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/macisaac/55-437/lecture9.htm
http://zeus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/macisaac/55-437/lecture10.htm
http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/spec_area.html
Barrett et al. 2003
(10 points)


02 Oct. SATURDAY, Mt. Lemmon all day, VAN
(Pictures from 02 October 2004)
leave campus 0700h
Rex Adams from Lab of Tree-Ring Research
Sonorensis Publication 1989 (a great overview of Mt. Lemmon and our Sky Islands)
Guide to Mt. Lemmon Highway (with mileage, elevation, and checklists)
Miscellaneous Mt. Lemmon-related information (including a map; PRINT some of these pages to bring with you)
Whittaker and Niering, 1965 (excerpts) (optional discussion of life zones and vegetation on Mt. Lemmon)
Cruising for Timber! (optional details on how to quickly calculate standing biomass)
(20 points)


08 Oct. San Pedro and Chiricahuas, 2 day, VAN 08-09 Oct.
leave campus 0600h
PICTURES
Valer and Joe Austin
meet in Douglas 0930h with Valer on Friday 08 Oct
Mrs. Valer Austin will take us around on the 8th at San Bernardino ranch in Mexico and then Nogolito (part of Cajon Ranch) and then back to Coronado to cookout and camp (USFS land) in the evening. In the morning of the 9th she can show us around Coronado. Stop at San Pedro House on way home.
SAN PEDRO:
Barbara Kingsolver, National Geographic, San Pedro
AZGF write-up on the San Pedro
Troubled Waters, by Sandra Postel
2002 Economic Report on Recreation in San Pedro drainage
Upper San Pedro Partnership (peruse some of these documents to get an idea about the issues surrounding San Pedro water)
BLM San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (optional: some of the BLM info in a word file)
(optional: Friends of the San Pedro River)

RANCHING/GRAZING:
Floyd et al. 2003 (grazing)
Sheridan 2001 (ranching)
(optional: Brogden and Greenberg 2003 [ranching])
San Pedro pre and post grazing (photos)

FIRE in CHIRICAHUAS:
Backer, Jensen, McPherson 2004 (article on fire suppression and fire effects)
Kauffman, 2004 (perceptions of fire, restoration ecology)
Article on Rattlesnake Fire (1994) in Chiricahuas (optional: short article on erosion post fire in Chiricahuas)
(optional: LTRR Big Arizona Fires with links to newspaper articles etc.)
(40 points)


15 Oct. Sewage Treatment / Santa Cruz / Sweetwater Wetland, VAN
(Pictures from 15 Oct 2004)
Troubled Waters, by Sandra Postel
How water management in Tucson has affected desert surroundings
Shutes 2001
Verhoeven and Meuleman 1999
Constructed Wetland details
(10 points)


22 Oct. Computer Time: MVP, Sea Turtle Populations, COMPUTER LAB (meet in ECE206)
(10 points)


29 Oct. Crecencio Elenes and TerraCycle Farm PICTURES (extra time), VAN
meet in Rio Rico at 1000h for talk from Crecencio, labor 1100-1200h, lunch 1200h, campus 1400h
(15 points)

05 Nov. No lab

12 Nov. No lab (Veteran's Day on 11 Nov.)

19 Nov. Organ Pipe, Pinacate, CEDO, 3 day, VAN 19-21 Nov
leave campus 6am on Friday 19 Nov., return evening of Sunday 21 Nov.
PHOTOS
(60 points)
Background Reading:
Organ Pipe Website (especially focus on the links under "management docs")
One of many possible links
Organ Pipe issue
Finding of No Significant Impact re: Vehicle Barrier
Desert Invasion website

Judith Becerra (UA Entomology) research on Bursera:
Short popular article
Becerra 2003 PNAS
(Kathy Gerst will be doing a project on Bursera while we are at Pinacate and I thought we ought to know a bit about the system).

CEDO website (located in Puerto Penasco)
WWF Vaquita Site
D'agrosa et al. 2000 (Vaquita Bycatch ...) OR Rojas-Bracho and Taylor 1999 (Risk Factors Affecting the Vaquita)
Rodriguez et al. 2001 (Effects of Colorado River Diversion on Estuarine Bivalve Molluscs...)
Report on Northern Gulf of California (please read: exec. summary, intro., 1.2, 1.3.2, 2.4, 2.5, 5.3, and 6)
2002 State-of-Knowledge Workshop Summary RE: Colorado River Delta (interesting optional reading)


Tentative Organ Pipe/Pinacate/CEDO itinerary:
Students will be asked to pay for some of the food and lodging costs incurred in Mexico.
Friday 19 November
0600 depart
1000 meeting with Organ Pipe staff
1200 lunch picnic
1300 drive to Quitobaquito?
1400 short hike
1530 cross border into Sonora, Mexico
1700 meet with Pinacate staff
1830 set up camp in Pinacate
Saturday (check tide charts) 20 November
0700 breakfast
0800 explore Pinacate (hiking)
1200 picnic lunch and leave for Puerto Penasco
1330 arrive Puerto Penasco, brief exploration
1500 arrive CEDO, explore beach and tide pools
1730 dinner at CEDO
1900 CEDO presentation
Sunday 21 November
0600 breakfast, explore beach and tide pools
0800 CEDO presentation
0930 explore Estero Morua
1200 eat in Puerto Penasco, talk to fishermen
1300 leave for Tucson
1800 arrive Tucson

26 Nov. Thanksgiving Holiday - No lab


03 Dec. Oral Presentations in KOFFL 410, PROJECTOR for powerpoint
(10 points, )


For field trips involving vans we will meet at the appointed time on the south side of BSE (4th and Highland).




Link to Conservation Biology Lecture Schedule 2004, Meets T,R 1230-1345h

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