17 January 2017
syllabus

19 January 2017
Reading: Baum phylogenetic trees
Practice questions phylogenetic trees

23 January Lab
Lab syllabus
Lab

24 January 2017
Reading: de Queiroz and Gauthier 1992

26 January 2017
Lecture
Reading: deQueiroz
Reading: Wiens
Reading: Ryan et al. 2010

30 January Lab
Handout 1 2 3 4

31 January 2017
Lecture
Reading: Lowe et al.

2 February 2017
Lecture

7 February 2017
Lecture
Reading: Chapter 5, Pough et al. Vertebrate Life, 9th Edition

9  February 2017
Lecture

14 February 2017
Practice questions for test 1

16 February 2017
Lecture
Reading: Chapter 8, Pough et al. Vertebrate Life 9th edition

21 February 2017
Thin Green Line

23 February 2017
Lecture
Reading: Amphibiaweb, Kuchta 2005

28 February 2017
Lecture
Reading: Amphibiaweb: declines, species accounts

2 March 2017
Lecture
Reading: Warner and Shine, Crews and Bull

7 March 2017
Lecture
Reading: Kley and Brainerd, Cundall

9 March 2017
Dinosaurs

21 March 2017
Dinosaurs

23 March 2017
Practice questions Test 2

28 March 2017
Lecture
Reading: CSG report on croc ranching
Reading: ANSP flight, ucmp flight
Movie: Bird flight anatomy

4 April 2017
Lecture
​Reading: Pough et al. Chapter 17. Avian specializations

6 April 2017
Lecture
Reading: Losos, Joyce, Pough et al. Chapter 12: Turtles.
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11 April 2017
Lecture
Reading: Rowe 1988
Powerpoint Rules

13 April 2017
Lecture
"Reading": True Facts mammal videos
Reading: Tattersall, Pough et al. Chapter 20. Mammal diversity

18, 20, 25, 27 April; 2 May
Student presentations

4 May
Test 3
Practice questions for test 3