BIOL/WLF 694

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Introduction & Expectations

Aug 25

Lead: Greg

Redfield Ratio & The Stoichiometry of Life

Aug 27

Readings: Redfield 1934, Redfield 1958.

Lead: Greg

Scaling Laws - Nutrient Limitation

Sept 1

Readings: Marañón 2015

Lead: Greg

Scaling Laws - Metabolic Rates

Sept 3

Leads: Rachel (Kleiber), Morgan (West)

Readings: Kleiber et al. 1947, Brown et al. 2004, West et al. 1997

Scaling Laws - Constraints on size

Sept 8

Slides

Lead: Greg

Readings: McMahon 1973, Prange 1979

Bergman's Rule, Allen's Rule, Damuth's Law

Sept 10

Leads: Arrow, Riley

Readings: Meiri et al. 2003, White et al. 2007, Serrat et al. 2008

Niche Theory

Sept 15

Blue Book Exam (1 hour)

Introduce Niche Theory (30 minutes)

slides

Lead: Greg

Readings: Grinnell 1917 (chapter 5), Elton 1927, Hutchinson 1957 (chapter 8)

Niche Theory

Sept 17:

Leads: Ethan, Syndey

Readings: Pulliam 2002, Holt 2009

Competition

Sept 22

slides

Lead: Greg

Readings: MacArthur 1958 (chapter 32), Tillman 1977

Competition

Sept 24

Leads: Riley, Dorothy

Readings: Amarasekare 2003, Levine et al. 2017

Species Interactions

Sept 29

Lead: Greg

Slides

Recording (2026)

Readings: Wootton 1994, Ehrlich 1964

Species Interactions

Oct 1

Leads: Morgan, Greg

Readings: Werner_Peacor_2003, Bruno_etal_2003

Community Assembly

Oct 6

Lead: Greg

General Readings: Beisner 2003, Vellend 2010

Community Assembly

Oct 8

Leads: Riley, Arrow

Student led papers: Kraft et al. 2014, Hubble 1979

Ecosystem Dynamics and Stability

Oct 13

Readings: Allesian and Tang 2012, Hairston et al. 1960 (chapter 17), McCann 2000

Lead: Greg

Ecosystem Dynamics and Stability

Oct 15

Readings:

Discussion 1: Rooney et al. 2006

Discussion 2: Holt and Polis 1997, McCann and Hastings 1997

Leads: Sydney, Rachel

Blue Book Exam

Oct 20 - Dr. Derek Arnold will proctor

Oct 22 - No Class

Population Regulation

Oct 27

Lead: Greg

Readings: Krebs et al. 1995, Murdoch 1994, Turchin 1999

Population Regulation

Oct 29

Leads: Rachel, Dorthy

Readings: Coulson et al 2001, Hixon et al 2002

Metapopulations

TBD

Leads: Greg

General Readings: Brown & Brown 1977, Hanski 1991, Pullium 1988

Student led paper: Hanski and Ovaskainen 2000

Life History

Nov 3

Readings: Williams 1957, Stearns 1976. Additional background: Stearns 1989

Lead: Greg

Life History

Nov 5

Readings: Noordwijk et al. 1986, Reznick et al 1985, Smith & Fretwell 1974

Leads: Ethan, Taylor

Pace of Life and Senescence

Nov 10

Readings: Cole 1954 (Chapter 10), Oli & Dobson 2003, Healy et al 2019.

Lead: Greg

Pace of Life and Senescence

Nov 12

Readings: Monaghan et al. 2009, Wright et al. 2018, Healy et al. 2014

Leads: Arrow, Ethan

Life history in Plants

Nov 17

Lead: Greg

Life history in Plants

Nov 19

Leads: Morgan, Dorothy

Demography

Nov 24

Lead: Greg

Demography

Dec 1

Leads: Sydney, Taylor

Blue Book Exam (1.5 hours)

Dec 3

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