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