Date

Topic

Reading in Gill

Assignments

1/17

Syllabus, schedule, origins

 1-3, 19

1/22

Feathers I: structure

1/24

Feathers II: pigmentation, care

 4-6

1/29

Physics of flight (C Lamanna)

Article I

1/31

Feathers III: Molt, plumages, Locomotion I

Topic due

2/5

Locomotion II

2/7

Locomotion III

2/12

Feeding I: Beaks

2/14

Feeding II: Tongue & Taste

12-14

Paper outline

2/19

Feeding III: Structure & Learning, Ecological Theory & Species Distribution

2/21

Exam 1

15-17

2/26

Sexual Behavior: Ecology Overview
Mating Systems I: Monogamy and EPCs

Article II

2/28

Mating Systems II: Decision Making

Finger Rock Lab Trips

3/4

Mating Systems III: Polygyny, Leks A

3/6

3/11

Brood Parasites

3/13

Cooperative Breeding

3/18

SPRING BREAK

3/20

SPRING BREAK

3/25

Parental Care I: Nests

Article III

3/27

Parental Care II: Eggs

4/1

Parental Care III: Clutch Size

7

4/3

Exam 2

4/8

Parental Care IV: Incubation

8

First draft paper

4/10

Parental Care V: Hatch to Fledge

11

4/15

TJ Fontaine on Habitat Selection

Article IV

4/17

Vocalizations I

9-10

4/22

No Class

4/24

Vocalizations II

18, 20-21

4/29

TJ Fontaine on Migration

5/1

Student presentations I

Journals due

5/6

Student presentations II

5/8

Reading Week

5/13

Final Exam 2-4 pm