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Revision as of 21:30, 2 November 2011
Contents
FALL 2011
INSTRUCTOR
Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: BioPharmacy 600 (6th floor, next to north, freight elevators)
Lab: BioPharmacy 410, 412
Voice: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page
HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (FROM THE TORREY LIFE SCIENCES BLDG.)
1. Go to basement of Torrey
2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)
3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors
4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor
5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)
HOW TO GET TO KURT'S OFFICE (FROM SOUTH SIDE OF CAMPUS)
1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance
2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor
3. Exit elevator, turn right
4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS and walk right through
5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule
6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Laura Cisneros (doctoral student)
Office/Lab: CESE 187 Bldg 4 Annex (Horsebarn Hill) - Laura can arrange to meet with students in Torrey Life Sciences
Voice: 486-1772
Fax: 486-6364
Email: laura.cisneros@uconn.edu
Web: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Laura_Cisneros
ASSISTANT TEACHING ASSISTANT
Bill Ryerson (doctoral student in Kurt's lab)
Office/Lab: BioPharm 410
Voice: 486-4158
Fax: 486-6364
Email: william.ryerson@uconn.edu
Web: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/William_Ryerson
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- (10/24) SEE COOL PICS BELOW OF BIG CATS DOING 'FLEHMEN' (vomeronasal) BEHAVIOR (All photos courtesy of Kelly Tardiff who took the photos while working at a big cat sanctuary/rehab center
- (10/31) FANTASTIC INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH HYENAS IN AFRICA WITH WORLD'S EXPERT - Download pdf description for information on applying:
- (11/1) UDALL SCHOLARSHIP INFO FLYER - ENVIRONMENTALLY-MINDED SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS ONLY
- (11/1) 1 POINT EXTRA CREDIT (UP TO 3) FOR SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A MAMMAL-BASED CARTOON (SEE BELOW FOR EXAMPLES)
COURSE DOWNLOADS
1. (8/31) COURSE SYLLABUS (DOWNLOAD PDF)
2. (9/23) LAB HANDOUTS— WARNING!! - THESE ARE OUT-DATED AND UNEDITED AND WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE THE LAB - USE FOR PREP ONLY
3. (10/2) LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS: NOTE: THESE ARE NOT INTENDED TO COVER ALL OF THE MATERIAL - THEY JUST GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS YOU WILL BE ASKED. Some of them may appear on the actual exam either unchanged or in modified form (but certainly not all of them).
QUESTIONS ONLY:
(DOWNLOAD PDF)
ANSWERS:
(DOWNLOAD PDF)
FLEHMAN BEHAVIOR IN BIG CATS
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE A LARGER VERSION
MAMMALOGY CARTOONS
1 point extra credit (up to 3 pts.) for every mammal-relevant cartoon submitted and posted! Give your submissions to Kurt (electronic or hard copy)
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE A LARGER VERSION
LINKS
MONOTREMES
Platypus evolution
Platypus feeding, locomotion, venomous spurs, reproduction, etc.
FEEDING
Giraffe feeding video
Lesser anteater (Tamandua) feeding on ants
Pangolin feeding
LOCOMOTION
Platypus locomotion - note laterally sprawled posture
Armadillo gathering grass
Armadillo locomotion
Armadillo shnuffling
Lion skeleton animation showing mobile pectoral girdle and spinal flexion
Cheetah animated model showing extreme spinal flexion and increase in stride length
Baboon locomotion
Horse locomotion made from sequential still photos - note 4 feet off ground during gallop and relatively stiff spine
Kangaroo bipedal hopping - with each hop tendons stretch, then release elastic energy for rebound
Place your bets
Cheetah vs. gazelle
Harpy eagle vs. sloth
Golden eagle vs. mountain goat
Crowned eagle vs. water chevrotain
Golden Eagle vs. cougar
Jaguar vs. anaconda
Hunter vs. deer
Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc