Supplementary readings

 
 

These articles, mostly from the primary literature, will enrich your course experience by exposing you to how basic research is done to address questions in ecology and conservation biology.  Be sure to complete the assignment by submitting two DQs by email <podolskyr@cofc.edu> by noon on the day before discussion.  Click on the author's name to access the article in .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to view articles).

 

Note: These files are password protected with username (biol211) and password (available on syllabus).

 

Readings for recitation on F Aug 29

  1. Brown BE, Ogden JC (1993). Coral bleaching. Scientific American. January, 64-70.
  2. Gleason DF, Wellington GM (1993). Ultraviolet radiation and coral bleaching.  Nature 365: 836-838.

Readings for recitation on F Sep 5

  1. Nolan PM, Hill GE, Stoehr AM (1998). Sex, size, and plumage redness predict house finch survival in an epidemic.  Proceedings: Biological Sciences 265:961-5.

Readings for lecture discussion on Th Sep 18

  1. Westemeier RL, Brawn JD, Simpson SA, Esker TL, Jansen RW, Walk JW, Kershner EL, Bouzat JL, Paige KN (1998).  Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population.  Science 282:1695-8.
  2. Discussion questions for Westemeier et al. (1998)

Readings for lecture discussion on Th Oct 9

  1. Bertness MD (1992).  The ecology of a New England salt marsh.  American Scientist 80:260-8.
  2. Discussion questions for Bertness (1992) [pdf] [doc]

Readings for lecture discussion on Thurs, Oct 4

Semeniuk R (1992).  How Bears Feed Salmon to the Forest.  Natural History, April 2003. 112:22-27.

Discussion questions for Semeniuk (2003)

Readings for recitation on Fri, Oct 5

Suarez AV, Case TJ (2002). Bottom-up effects on persistence of a specialist predator: ant invasions and horned lizards.  Ecological Applications 12(1):291–298.

Readings for lecture on Tues, Oct 10

Pounds JA et al. (2002). Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming.  Nature 439:161-167.

Discussion questions for Pounds et al. (2006)

Responses to Pounds et al. (2006) by Alford et al. (2007), Di Rosa et al. (2007), and Pounds et al. (2007)

Readings for lecture on Thurs, Nov 29

Ke Y et al. (2001). African origin of modern humans in east Asia: a tale of 12,000 Y chromosomes.  Science 292:1151-2.

Commentary on Ke et al. (2001)

Glossary of terms for Ke et al. (2001)

Discussion questions for Ke et al. (2001)