GVZ Fall 2023
22 August 2023
Syllabus
Lecture 1
Reading: Nichols
24 August 2023
Lecture 2
Reading: deQueiroz
Reading: Ryan et al.
Reading: Yanez-Munoz et al.
29 August 2023
Lecture 3
Reading: Wiens
Reading: Baum phylogenetic trees
Reading: Novick et al.
31 August 2023
Lecture 4
Reading: Berkeley
Reading: Phylocode [Preface, Preamble, Division I, Division II:Chapter 1, Division II: Chapter IV: Article 9]
Reading: Rowe
Reading: Izzo
5 September 2023
Lecture 5
7 September 2023
Test 1
Review material
12 September 2023
Lecture 6
Reading: Fishbase: www.fishbase.org.org
'Reading' (viewing): Nosal shark conservation lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpFRpW8HJZQ
Reading: Seaworld site: https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/sharks-and-rays/
14 September 2023
Lecture 7
Reading: SeaWorld site: https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/bony-fish/
Reading: Native fishes of the Rio Grande
Reading (sequential hermaphroditism): Avise and Mank
Reading: Wourms (chondrichtyes reproduction)
19 September 2023
Lecture 8
Reading: Casane and Laurenti
Reading: Clack
21 September 2023
Lecture 9
Reading: Amphibiaweb
Amphibian primer
Reading: Joven et al.
Reading: Kuchta
26 September 2023
Lecture 10
Reading: Amphibiaweb
Reading: Jared et al.
Reading: Lynch
28 September 2023
Lecture 11
Reading: Vieites et al. (2004)
Reading: Amphibiaweb accounts for Oophaga pumilio, Pipa carvalhoi, Rhinoderma darwinii, Rheobatrachus silus, Pyxicephalus edulis (including comments on P. aspersus)
Reading: Amphibiaweb Conservation
3, 5 October 2023
Lecture 12 [Youtube]
Reading: ANSP flight
Reading: Padian and Chiappe (I.intro, II.1.c, II.3, II.4, II.5, III.1, III.2, V)
Reading: Cornell ornithology lab
10 October 2023
Lecture
Reading: Warner and Shine (2008)
Reading: Crews and Bull (2008)
Reading: Crews and Fitzgerald (1980)
17 October 2023
Lecture
19 October 2023
Test 2 review
24 October 2023
No lecture
26 October 2023
Lecture
Reading: Somaweera et al.
Reading: Chabert et al.
Reading: Hutchinson et al.
Reading: CSG Report
Reading: CSG website
31 October 2023
Lecture
Turtle lecture topics
Reading: Joyce (Nomenclature)
Reading: Cordero (shell)
Reading: Conservation 1 (turtles in trouble)
Reading: Conservation 2 (Stanford: turtle declines)
2 November 2023
Lecture
Reading: dinosaurs as ectotherms, dinosaurs as endotherms, dinosaur locomotion
Asteroid impact movie
7 November 2023
Lecture (mammals)
Berkeley mammals
Edinburgh mammals
Rowe mammals names
9 November 2023
Lecture (primates/humans)
Human evolution
Human introgression
14 November 2023
Lecture ("invasive" species)
Reading:
Davis et al.
Simberloff et al.
Warren
Sagoff
Sax et al.
16 November 2023
Lecture (Environmental Ethics)
21 November 2023
Optional test
23 November 2023
Thanksgiving
28, 30 November; 5 December 2023
Student presentations
Presentation advice
7 December 2023
Practice questions Test 3 set 1
Test 3
22 August 2023
Syllabus
Lecture 1
Reading: Nichols
24 August 2023
Lecture 2
Reading: deQueiroz
Reading: Ryan et al.
Reading: Yanez-Munoz et al.
29 August 2023
Lecture 3
Reading: Wiens
Reading: Baum phylogenetic trees
Reading: Novick et al.
31 August 2023
Lecture 4
Reading: Berkeley
Reading: Phylocode [Preface, Preamble, Division I, Division II:Chapter 1, Division II: Chapter IV: Article 9]
Reading: Rowe
Reading: Izzo
5 September 2023
Lecture 5
7 September 2023
Test 1
Review material
12 September 2023
Lecture 6
Reading: Fishbase: www.fishbase.org.org
'Reading' (viewing): Nosal shark conservation lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpFRpW8HJZQ
Reading: Seaworld site: https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/sharks-and-rays/
14 September 2023
Lecture 7
Reading: SeaWorld site: https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/bony-fish/
Reading: Native fishes of the Rio Grande
Reading (sequential hermaphroditism): Avise and Mank
Reading: Wourms (chondrichtyes reproduction)
19 September 2023
Lecture 8
Reading: Casane and Laurenti
Reading: Clack
21 September 2023
Lecture 9
Reading: Amphibiaweb
Amphibian primer
Reading: Joven et al.
Reading: Kuchta
26 September 2023
Lecture 10
Reading: Amphibiaweb
Reading: Jared et al.
Reading: Lynch
28 September 2023
Lecture 11
Reading: Vieites et al. (2004)
Reading: Amphibiaweb accounts for Oophaga pumilio, Pipa carvalhoi, Rhinoderma darwinii, Rheobatrachus silus, Pyxicephalus edulis (including comments on P. aspersus)
Reading: Amphibiaweb Conservation
3, 5 October 2023
Lecture 12 [Youtube]
Reading: ANSP flight
Reading: Padian and Chiappe (I.intro, II.1.c, II.3, II.4, II.5, III.1, III.2, V)
Reading: Cornell ornithology lab
10 October 2023
Lecture
Reading: Warner and Shine (2008)
Reading: Crews and Bull (2008)
Reading: Crews and Fitzgerald (1980)
17 October 2023
Lecture
19 October 2023
Test 2 review
24 October 2023
No lecture
26 October 2023
Lecture
Reading: Somaweera et al.
Reading: Chabert et al.
Reading: Hutchinson et al.
Reading: CSG Report
Reading: CSG website
31 October 2023
Lecture
Turtle lecture topics
Reading: Joyce (Nomenclature)
Reading: Cordero (shell)
Reading: Conservation 1 (turtles in trouble)
Reading: Conservation 2 (Stanford: turtle declines)
2 November 2023
Lecture
Reading: dinosaurs as ectotherms, dinosaurs as endotherms, dinosaur locomotion
Asteroid impact movie
7 November 2023
Lecture (mammals)
Berkeley mammals
Edinburgh mammals
Rowe mammals names
9 November 2023
Lecture (primates/humans)
Human evolution
Human introgression
14 November 2023
Lecture ("invasive" species)
Reading:
Davis et al.
Simberloff et al.
Warren
Sagoff
Sax et al.
16 November 2023
Lecture (Environmental Ethics)
21 November 2023
Optional test
23 November 2023
Thanksgiving
28, 30 November; 5 December 2023
Student presentations
Presentation advice
7 December 2023
Practice questions Test 3 set 1
Test 3