Course Syllabus (tentative schedule subject to change)
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Topics (subject to revision) |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
Class: Week of August 27 |
T: Course overview & syllabus, Intro to Plant Ecology
R: Intro to Plant Community Ecology/ Article Discussion |
R: Kelly and Goulden 2008 (plant migration, climate change, gradients) |
T: In-Class Worksheet
R: Reading Questions |
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FIELD TRIP: September 1st 9am-430pm |
Plant Community Data Collection |
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Class: Week of September 3 |
T: Gradient
Analysis/Pattern
R: Article Discussion/Intro stats/PC-Ord |
R: Lortie et al. 2004 (neutral and niche theory, plant interactions) |
T: In-Class Worksheet
R: Reading Questions |
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Class: Week of September 10 |
T/R: Gradient Analysis/ Plant Life History Traits
R: Article Discussion/Lab: Intro to Community Data/PC-Ord |
R: Fukami et al. 2005 (assembly rules, alternative states, succession) |
T: In-Class Worksheet
R: Reading Questions |
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Class: Week of September 17 |
T: Plant Life History Traits/Competition
R: Lab: Start Plant Competition Greenhouse Experiment |
R: Plant competition lab notes (course packet info) |
T: In-Class Worksheet
R: Greenhouse |
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Class: Week of September 24 |
T: Competition/FacilitationR: Article Discussion/Lab: PC-Ord |
T: Craine 2005 (plant strategies, competition, stress)
R: Callaway et al. 2002 (facilitation, environmental stress);
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T: Reading Questions
R: Reading Questions |
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Class: Week of October 1 |
T: Article Discussion/Lab: PC-Ord
R: EXAM
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T: le Roux and McGeoch 2010 (stress gradient hypothesis)
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T: Reading Questions
R: EXAM |
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Class: Week of October 8 |
T: Fire Ecology: Fire Science 101
R: Article Discussions |
R: Davis et al. 2000 (invasions, resource availability, disturbance); Callaway et al. 2008 (novel weapons hypothesis, invasions, mycorrhizae) |
T: In-Class Worksheet
R: Reading Questions
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Class: Week of October 15 |
T: Lab: Harvest Plants/Record Measurements
R: Article Discussion/Additional Greenhouse Time |
R:Diez et al. 2010 (enemy release hypothesis, invasions, plant-soil feedbacks) |
T: Greenhouse
R: Reading Questions |
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Class: Week of October 22
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T/R: Fire Ecology: Pinyon-Juniper
R: Fire Ecology Ponderosa Pine Article Discussion/PC-Ord or succession video |
R: Fule 2008 (reference conditions, fire ecology, restoration) |
T:In-Class Worksheet
R:Reading Questions |
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Class: Week of October 29 |
T: Fire Ecology: Mixed Conifer
R: Fire Ecology: Subalpine |
T: Levine & HilleRisLambers 2009 (niche differences, biodiversity)
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T: Reading Questions, In-Class Worksheet (in class)
R: In-Class Worksheet, Reading Questions, PC-Ord report due |
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Class: Week of November 5 |
T: Dendrochronology
R: EXAM
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T: In-Class Worksheet
R: EXAM |
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Class: Week of November 12 |
T: AlpineR: Alpine Article Discussion |
T: Suding et al. 2004 (alternative states, feedback loops, restoration)
R: Kikvidze et al. 2005 (competition, facilitation, climate change) ; Aldridge et al. 2011 (plant-climate interactions, pollinators, phenology) |
T: Reading Questions
R: Reading Questions
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