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Lecture Schedule - Fall 2011

 

Lecture

Date

Topic

1	Aug.	22	Introduction
2		24	The mammalian grade and mammalian diversity (Ch 1, 2, 4)
3		26	Mammalian origins (Ch 4)
4		29	Mammalian origins
5		31	Museum specimens, data collection, field notes (Ch 3)
6	Sept.	2	Zoonoses (Ch 27)
7		5	No class – Labor Day
8		7	Population biology of Leptonycteris – Dr. Fleming
9		9	SWRS Field Trip
10		12	Dentition (Ch 4)
11		14	Dentition
12		16	Locomotion (Ch 6)
13		19	The mammalian radiation - overview
14		21	Taxonomy and Systematics (Ch 3)
15		23	Systematics
16		26	Feeding mechanisms and digestive systems (Ch 7)
17		28	Feeding mechanisms and digestive systems
18		30	Physiological ecology (Ch 8-9)
19	Oct.	3	Physiological ecology
20		5	Physiological ecology
21		7	Reproduction (Ch 10)
22		10	Reproduction
23		12	Reproduction
24		14	Reproduction (Last day to drop course with W)
25		17	Open
26		19	Mid Term Exam
27		21	Spatial orientation (Ch 13) - Dr. Campbell
28		24	Spatial orientation - Dr. Campbell
29		26	Behavior and social systems (Ch 21-23)
30		28	Behavior and social systems
31		31	Population ecology (Ch 24-25)
32	Nov.	2	Population ecology
33		4	Ecology of African Mammals - Dr. Fleming
34		7	Community ecology (Ch 26)
35		9	Community ecology
36		11	No class – Veterans Day
37		14	Population genetics and geographic variation
38		16	Population genetics and geographic variation
39		18	Speciation
40		21	Speciation
41		23	Zoogeography (Ch 5)
42		25	No class - Thanksgiving weekend
43		28	Zoogeography
44		30	Zoogeography
45	Dec.	2	Conservation (Ch 29)
46		5	Conservation
47		7	Open

FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 9, 10:30am - 12:30pm, Social Sciences Bldg., Rm. 206

 

Before each lecture, you are expected to read and study the appropriate chapters in Feldhamer (given above).