Herp_Thurs_583-n-Honors_2005.doc

Bonine, Baker, Wright

Herpetology 2005

U of A, ECOL 483/583

Thursday Journal Club for 583, 483H, etc.

 

in Koffler 411, 1100-1200h (~every other Thursday; feel free to bring your lunch):

 

 

DATE

Topic (if known)

Presenter

03 Feb

 

 

Conservation and Marine Turtle eggs in Costa Rica:

Campbell, Lisa M. 1998. Use them or lose them? Conservation and the consumptive use of marine turtle eggs at Ostional, Costa Rica. Environmental Conservation 25:305-319. LINK

 

Mags Rheude

17 Feb

 

 

Amphibian Metamorphosis:

Semlitsch, Raymond D. 1987. Paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum: effects of density, food, and pond drying. Ecology 68:994-1002. LINK

Semlitsch, Raymond D., David E. Scott, and Joseph H. K. Pechmann. 1988. Time and size at metamorphosis related to adult fitness in Ambystoma talpoideum. Ecology 69:184-192. LINK

 

Kevin Baker

03 March

 

 

Barking Frog Ecology:

GOLDBERG, CAREN S. and CECIL R. SCHWALBE. 2004. Habitat use and spatial structure of a barking frog (Eleutherodactylus augusti) population in Southeastern Arizona. Journal of Herpetology 38:305-312. LINK

 

Jennifer Oliver

 

10 March

 

 

Anuran Reproduction in Bromeliads, Microhabitat Use and Selection

De Oliveira, Felipe Bandoni and Carlos Arturo Navas. 2004. Plant selection and seasonal patterns of vocal activity in two populations of the Bromeligen Treefrog Scinax perpusillus (Anura, Hylidae). J. Herp. 38:331-339. LINK

 

Alexandra Permar

 

24 March

 

 

Anolis, Morphology, Habitat, Performance

Elstrott, Justin and Duncan J. Irschick. 2004. Evolutionary correlations among morphology, habitat use and clinging performance in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 83:389-398.  LINK

 

Jean Tsai

14 April

 

 

Summer Retreat-Site Selection, Thamnophis elegans

Huey, Raymond B., Charles R. Peterson, Stevan J. Arnold, and Warren P. Porter. 1989. Hot rocks and not-so-hot rocks: retreat-site selection by garter snakes and its thermal consequences. Ecology 70:931-944. LINK

 

Samia Carrillo

28 April

 

 

Homing behaviour in the sleepy lizard

Freake, Michael J. 2001. Homing behaviour in the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa): the role of visual cues and the parietal eye.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50:563-569.  LINK

 

Kim Wright