Biology 365 - Ecology Spring Semester 1996 Text - Colinvaux :Ecology 2 Dr. R.B. Brugam Room Lecture PB 2405 Office SL 3317 Lab SL 3211 Time 11:30-12:20 MWF Schedule Week Date Title Text Readings (Chap.) 1 M Jan 8 Introduction 1 Population Ecology W Jan 10 Population Growth 8 F Jan 12 Population Growth (Cont`d) 8 2 M Jan 15 Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY W Jan 17 Interspecific Competition 8 F Jan 19 Interspecific Competition (Cont`d) 8 3 M Jan 22 Niche 8 W Jan 24 Field Examples of Competition 9 F Jan 26 More Field Examples 9 4 M Jan 29 Population Control 10 W Jan 31 More On Population Control 10 F Feb 2 EXAM I 5 M Feb 5 Species "Strategies" 11 W Feb 7 Sociobiology 13 F Feb 9 More Sociobiology 6 M Feb 12 Demography TBA T Feb 14 Demography (Cont`d) TBA W Feb 16 Predation 14 7 M Feb 19 Predation (Cont`d) 14 W Feb 21 Field Examples of Predation 14 F Feb 23 Predation as a Community Organizing Mechanism 14 8 M Feb 26 Exam II Ecosystem Ecology W Feb 28 Climate and Communities 7 F Mar 1 Vegetation Formations 18 SPRING BREAK 9 M Mar 11 Vegetation of Illinois TBA W Mar 13 Quaternary Paleoecology 17 F Mar 15 Pollen Analysis (The Ecologist's Time Machine)17 10 M Mar 18 Primary Production 24 RESEARCH PAPER FIRST DRAFT DUE MARCH 18 5:00 P.M. W Mar 20 Succession 20 F Mar 22 Primary Production 24 11 M Mar 25 Energy Flow and Food Chains 4 W Mar 27 Energy Flow (Cont`d) 4 F Mar 29 Energy Flow (Cont'd) 4 12 M Apr 1 EXAM II W Apr 3 Biogeochemistry 23 RETURN RESEARCH PAPERS REVIEWS APRIL 5 F Apr 6 Biogeochemistry (Cont'd 23 13 M Apr 8 Lakes 26 W Apr 10 More on Lakes 26 F Apr 12 The Ocean 27 14 M Apr 15 More on the Ocean 27 W Apr 17 More on the Ocean 27 F Apr 19 Biospheric Diversity 16 15 M Apr 22 Island Biogeography 21 W Apr 24 Endangered Species 29 F Apr 26 The Biodiversity Crisis 29 FINAL DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPERS DUE APRIL 26 5:00 P.M. Final Exam Wednesday, April 29 11:00-12:40 a.m. Grading System Exam I 15% Exam II 15% Exam III 15% Research Paper 20% Colloquium Report 5% Final Exam _30% 100% Office Hours The instructor is usually available from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday in the Science Lab Building. Formal office hours will be held. Please check with the Biology Department Secretary for exact times. Class Attendance Class attendance is, of course, mandatory. The instructor will not take attendance but will certainly be aware of those who miss class. While grading will not be based on attendance, those who consistently miss class cannot expect any extra consideration in the case of borderline grades. Research Paper A major problem in modern ecology is the status of endangered species. In your term paper you will be asked to explore the ecology of a particular species. The instructor will pass around a bowl in class containing the names of endangered species written on folded pieces of paper. You will choose one paper and write your term paper on the species that you have picked. The instructor will be available for help in research. Your paper should answer the following questions. 1. What is the ecology of the species? 2. What peculiarities of the species predispose it to endangerment? 3. What is the current status of the species? (Be as up-to-date as you can) 4. What changes in the management of the species could allow it to recover? The research paper that you write will be treated exactly as a paper submitted to a scientific journal. It will be reviewed, revised and resubmitted. For this reason the first draft of the paper will be due on March 18. Late papers will lose 1 grade per day until they reach a "D". Papers will be submitted in triplicate. During the tenth week of class the papers will be reviewed by two of your fellow students who will write their comments on the copies. On Monday, April 3, the reviewed papers will be returned to the instructor who will collate them and return them to the original authors for revision. The authors must then revise the term papers and resubmit with the reviewed copies by April 26. Final grades will be determined by the instructor on the basis of term paper content and quality of the authors reviews of his or her colleagues papers. The term papers must adhere strictly to good scientific practice. The literature cited should follow the pattern of the journal Ecology. If you are unfamiliar with this pattern, check the back issues in the library stacks. The data in the paper should be taken from primary scientific sources (i.e. journal articles). textbooks and popular magazines are not appropriate sources. I list below a series of NO-NO`s for term paper authors. If you do any of these things you will get a poor grade. 1. Copy directly from a source without citation. This is the worst academic crime. It will result in an E for the course. 2. Not referencing ideas. Everything that is non-intuitive should have a source cited. 3. Not reading every reference in your bibliography. 4. Too much illustrative material. Every figure you use should be referred to in the text. It is inappropriate to Xerox figures from reference works and to use them to fill out the paper. 5. Not having a main theme. You must tie your paper together with a main idea. A bunch of jumbled facts is boring. 6. Poor bibliographic citation. Each citation in the bibliography should allow the interested reader to find the cited work again. 7. Bad English usage. The paper need have no specific organizational scheme. Do not provide an abstract. Please type the paper on a word processor so that reviewers can read what you write and so that you can revise your paper. The maximum length of the paper should be ten pages. You can find references for your species by looking up its scientific name in Biological Abstracts. This reference list is available on the computers in the library. You should also look up your species in Current Contents in Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Science. This reference is available in a print copy in at the Library reserve desk. The best source of references that you can find will be Zoological Record. This lists the names of all animals with the papers that refered to them in the past year. It is available only by dial-up. Consult with Mrs. Kathlyn Behm, the science librarian. She will run a Zoological Record Search for you (for free!). If your endangered species is a plant, Index Kewensis is similar to Zoological Record, but it indexes plants. Colloquium Report On Monday afternoons the Biology Department holds "Colloquia". These are seminars in areas of Biology of interest to students. If you are a student with an EEE major you should be attending. For students of this class, you will be required to attend one EEE colloquium and write at 2 page double spaced critique of the seminar. I will provide a copy of the colloquium schedule. You should also check the announcements posted on doorways and walls around the department. Endangered Species 1.Spotted Owl 2.Manatee 3.California Sea Otter 4.Northern Right Whale 5.Red Wolf 6.Unionid Molluscs 7.Devil's Hole Pupfish 8.Hawaiian Silversword 9.Hawaiian Native Goose (Nene) 10.Kirtland's warbler 11.Bachman's warbler 12.California Condor 13.Logerhead turtle 14.Black-footed ferret 15.Peregrine Falcon 16.Golden-lion tamarin 17.Whooping crane 18.Grizzly Bear 19.Florida panther 20.Bald Eagle 21.Rhinoceros (either Black or White or both if you wish) 22.Mojave Desert Tortoise 23.American Bison 24.Siberian Tiger 25.Gorilla 26.Orang-Outang 27.Decurrent False Aster (Boltonia decurrens) 28.Furbish Lousewort 29.Snail Darter 30.Gray Whale 31.American Alligator 32.American Crocodile 33.African Elephant 34.Common Loon 35.Whooping Crane 36.Cheetah 37.Blue Whale 38.Giant Panda  Crocodile 33.African Elephant 34.Commo