Herpetology
University of Arizona
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Spring 2007, ECOL and WFSC 483/583
Kevin Bonine, Ph.D., Steve Foldi, Graduate TA; David Kahrs, Graduate TA


Office Hours:
Bonine: BSE 1D (in basement) Tues 1100-1200h and Wed 1015-1115h, and by appointment
In Herp Lab (CBS/KOFFL411): Foldi (Thursday 0830-0920h), Kahrs (Monday 1230-1350), and by appointment


Next Field Trip:

DATE: TBA (weekend)
TIME: meet 0800h
Location: meet south side BSE
Going to:

see you in 2008

Field Trip Photos: 2007
27 January 2007, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
04 March 2007, Roger Repp's Field Site
12-15 April 2007, Bouse/Parker
21 April 2007, Sycamore Canyon (feel free to submit photos)
29 April 2007, Happy Valley


2007 course related pages:
 The 2007 Herp Course as it unfolds (updates to schedule, links to lectures, readings, etc.)

Original Syllabus (with contact information) from 11 January 2007

Semester Project Proposal Rubric (due Tues 06 March 2007; 20 points)
Description of Semester Research Project Assignment
Semester Project Oral Presentation Guidelines and Suggestions 2007 (posted 23 April 2007)


583 and Honors Journal Club (2007; meets every other Thursday in BSE 218 at 1100h)
NEXT MEETING 26 April: Each Participant will bring a paper to briefly share - current topics in herpetology

from 22 March: Human Infrastructure Impacts on Gopherus agassizii (discussion led by Crystal Saling): Edwards et al. 2004 and Boarman and Sazaki 2006.
from 08 March: Lizard Chemoreception and Foraging (discussion led by Lirain U.): Cooper et al. 2005, Herpetologica and Cooper et al. 2006, J. Herp
from 22 February: Antipredator Behavior (discussion led by Jessica Gwinn): Bonnet et al. 2005 Ethology and Hawlena et al. 2006 Behavioral Ecology
from 08 February: Squamate Venom: Function and Evolution (discussion led by KE Bonine): Fry et al. Feb 2006 Nature and Chen et al. 2006 Toxicon (optional: Fry 2005 Genome Research)

Glossary of some useful herp terms



Field Trip Photos: 2006
         January 2006, Arlene Brewster's Photos from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
         18 February 2006, Kitt Peak (and a few more ASDM photos; thanks to David Hall)
         04 March 2006, Roger Repp and Gordon Schuett (or as 6 slides/page; Crotalus spp., Heloderma suspectum, radio tracking, etc.)
           More photos from Trip with Repp and Schuett (thanks to Patrick Brown)
         25 March 2006, Tortoise Searching with Erin Zylstra et al.
         06-09 April 2006, Parker/Bouse Multi-day Trip Tara Luckau's Pix
         22 April 2006, Sycamore Canyon
         29 April 2006, Happy Valley
         Spring 2006, Sampling of Pix from all Trips

Field Trip Photos: 2005
         29 January 2005, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
         05 March 2005, Roger Repp's Heavenly Herp Hill (and more photos from Megan Bell)
         17 March 2005, Kitt Peak (makeup trip)
         26 March 2005, Ragged Top (feel free to contribute photos)
         7-10 April 2005, Parker/Bouse (feel free to contribute additional photos)
         23 April 2005, Happy Valley (please contribute additional photos)
         30 April 2005, Buenos Aires         

Field Trip Photos from 2004 (with lots of pictures of David Hall; digital images provided by various students/colleagues)
                31 January 2004, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - pix thanks to Ronnie Sidner
                14 February 2004, Kitt Peak, Sceloporus jarrovii
                06 March 2004, with Roger Repp, Radio Tracking CRAT, HESU etc.
                28 March 2004, Avra Valley - pix to be added if someone contributes.
                8-11 April 2004, Parker/Bouse Dunes Area, Bill Williams River
                24 April 2004, Happy Valley
                01 May 2004, 96 Hills



some useful outside links:
 School of Natural Resources Spring 2007 Seminars (Noon Weds BSE 225)

Tucson Herp Society (General meetings on third Tuesday of each month at 1915h at AZGF office west of Greasewood)

Sonoran Herpetologist article about the UA Herpetology Class by Don Swann (March 2006)

University of Arizona

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Amphibian & Reptile Collection University of Arizona (with some excellent links)

2006 UA Herpetology Course

 

 


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Last Updated:  29 April 2007