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
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.