EEB 281
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Course/Instructors Information
Spring 2008
Meets: Monday & Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50, CLAS 434
Instructor: Dr. Margaret Rubega Office: PharmBio 500
Office Phone: 486-4502 Office Hours: By appointment
Email: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu (Your emails to me MUST contain the phrase "EEB 281” in the subject line; email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED without being read.)
Teaching Assistant: Susan Meiman Office: PharmBio 310
Office Phone: 486-3005 Office Hours: MW 12:00 - 1:00 pm
email: susan.meiman@huskymail.uconn.edu
Required text:
ORNITHOLOGY, 3rd Edition (Freeman) by Frank B. Gill see also online materials at: www.whfreeman.com/gill3e
Optional texts:
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr. SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRD LIFE AND BEHAVIOR (Knopf), ed. by C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning and D.A. Sibley.
Class Schedule:
Lecture # | Date | Subject | Required Reading in Gill | Optional reading from Proctor & Lynch [in brackets], and other resources |
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1 | Jan 23 | What are birds and why would we study them? | Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 | [1–6] |
2 | Jan 28 | Birds of the World | Chapter 1 & online at: www.whfreeman.com/gill3e | |
3 | Jan 30 | Climate Change & Birds | Pgs. 269 - 271 | |
4 | Feb 4 | Avian evolution | Chapter 2 | [13 – 21] |
5 | Feb 6 | Feathers | Chapter 4 | [81–115] |
6 | Feb 11 | Flight | Chapter 5 | [117,136–139, 148–151, 156–163] |
7 | Feb 13 | Physiology: Endothermy and Thermoregulation | Chapter 6 (pgs. 150-164) | |
8 | Feb 18 | Feeding, feeding structures and feeding behavior | Chapter 1 (pgs. 13-15) | [122–130, 152-154] |
9 | Feb 20 | Physiology: Digestion and Excretion; Water Balance | Chapter 6 (pp. 164-179) | [175-187, 219-239] |
10 | Feb 25 | TEST 1 | Lectures 1-9; all associated readings | |
11 | Feb 27 | Physiology: Respiration and Circulation | Chapter 6 (141-150) | [189-217] |
12 | Mar 3 | Sensory Biology and Intelligence | Chapter 7 | [241-262] |
13 | Mar 5 | Communication: Visual | Pgs. 344-359 | |
14 | Mar 17 | Communication: Vocal | Chapter 8 | |
March 10 - 14 | SPRING BREAK | NO CLASS | ||
15 | Mar 19 | Annual Cycles | Chapter 9 | |
16 | Mar 24 | Migration | Chapter 10 (pgs. 273-295) | |
17 | Mar 26 | Navigation | Chapter 10 (pgs. 295-306) | |
18 | Mar 31 | Social Behavior | Chapter 11 | |
19 | Apr 2 | TEST 2 | Lectures 10-18, all associated reading | |
20 | April 7 | Reproduction: Mating Behavior | Pg. 359 through Chapter 13 | |
21 | Apr 9 | Reproduction: Physiology | Chapter 14 | [219-239] |
22 | Apr 14 | Reproduction: Nests and Nesting | Chapter 15 | |
23 | Apr 16 | Reproduction: Growth and Development of Young | Chapter 16 (pgs. 467-482) | |
24 | Apr 21 | Reproduction: Parental Care | Chapter 16 (pgs. 482-502) | |
25 | Apr 23 | Avian Conservation I: Rare and Endangered Species | Chapter 21 | |
26 | Apr 28 | Avian Conservation II: Population Monitoring | Pgs. 558-569 | |
27 | Apr 30 | Over-runs, review? | ||
May 7 | FINAL EXAM | ALL MATERIAL TO DATE |
Course Objectives:
Grading:
Academic Rules/Conduct:
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.