Biological Diversity, 2004
Assigned Readings

ALSO SEE SYLLABUS (on course homepage) for recommended readings from text

For Thursday 16 Sept:
    Kareiva, Ch. 14. "Testing Theories of Island Biogeography",  Ted J. Case and Martin L. Cody, 1987

For Thursday 16 Sept - Monday 20 Sept:
    Ostfeld, R.S. 1997. The ecology of Lyme-disease risk. American Scientist 85:338-346.
       (OR, if this link doesn't work, try this one (which has text, but no figures))
    Also, check out this web-page for supplemental information by authors
        AND for further readings on this topic

For Thursday 23 Sept:
    Sousa, 1979,  "Disturbance in marine intertidal boulder fields...."

For Thursday 7 Oct:
    From Kareiva, Exploring Ecology...
      
Read 2 or 3 chapters relevant to what we've discussed, including the chapter by Conner and Simberloff, "Competition, scientific method,...".  Other appropriate chapters: Bergelson (p65), Myers (p110), Case and Cody (p124)

For Thursday 7 October - Monday 11 October
    Grant and Grant, 2003, "What Darwin's finches can teach us...." Bioscience 53:965-975
    Grant and Grant, 2002, "Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin's finches. Science 296:707-711