Biology 475 Syllabus
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- BBPGS = Barbour, M.G., J.H. Burk, W.D. Pitts, F.S. Gilliam, and M.W. Schwartz. 1999. Terrestrial Plant Ecology. Menlo Park: Addison Wesley Longman.
- KC = Kent, M. and Coker, P., 1992: Vegetation Description and Ananlysis: A Practical Approach. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
- MDE = Mueller-Dombois, L. D. and Ellenberg, H., 1974: Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
- Blue rows are labs.
- Links will lead to related class or lab materials.
Syllabus
The PDF version of the syllabus (
/>28 kb, updated: 2006-Oct-25) is the full syllabus, updated to the end of the semester. The table below contains the syllabus updated to the current lesson with links to lecture and lab materials.
| Lesson File Size Updated |
Date | Topics/Activities | Readings and Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lesson 12,200 kb 2006-Sep-11 |
11 Sep | Major considerations in vegetation sampling | KC, skim Chapter 1, Quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science. |
| Lab 160 kb 2006-Jan-20 |
11 Sep | Field trip to Murphy Dome: Description of vegetation in the field, physiognomic and floristic data, sampling design, choosing sample sites minimal area for plot size. Minimal area sampling exercise. | KC, Read p. 38-48 in Chapter 2, Methods of vegetation description based on floristics.
Bring: rain gear (jacket and pants), good water-proof boots, sweater, cap, gloves, hand lens, notebook, pencil, scotch tape, collection bags. |
| Lesson 21,650 kb 2006-Sep-18 |
18 Sep | The Relevé Method of sampling plant communities | BBPG&S, Methods of sampling plant communites,the relevé method, Chap.9. p. 210- 220. |
| Lab 2126 kb 2006-Sep-18 |
18 Sep | Field lab: UAF Arboretum, Relevé sampling, white spruce forest. | Soil Datasheet (30 kb) Releve Datasheet ( 63 kb) |
| Lesson 3 |
25 Sep | No Lecture: Leave for the field at T=13:00. | Westhoff, V. & van der Maarel, E. (1978). The Braun-Blanquet approach. In Classification of plant communities (ed R.H. Whittaker), Dr. W. Junk, Den Haag. Read pp. 289-313. |
| Lab 3 |
25 Sep | Field lab: UAF Arboretum, Relevé sampling, black spruce forest. | |
| Lesson 4117 kb 2006-Oct-03 |
02 Oct | Forest sampling, Point-centered quarter method | MDE, p. 93-135, Chapter 7, The count-plot method and plotless sampling techniques |
| Lab 471 kb 2006-Oct-03 |
02 Oct | Field lab: Point-centered quarter sampling in white and black spruce forests. | Point-centered quarter method handout |
| Lesson 5 | 9 Oct | Plot-count method. | |
| Lab 536 kb 2006-Oct-03 |
9 Oct | Field lab: Plot count method, point-sampling methods, tree height determination; Measure dbh and height of all trees in relevé plots. | Plot count method and tree height handout |
| Lesson 6 | 16 Oct | Overview of moss and lichen identification | |
| Lab 6135 kb 2006-Oct-18 |
16 Oct | Herbarium: Plant identification of voucher collections | Plant ID handout |
| Lesson 7 | 23 Oct | Soils | BBPGS, pp. 473-500 in Chapter 17, Soil |
| Lab 7 | 23 Oct | Soils analyses: pH, grain size, soil color | Soil handout |
| Lesson 83,420 kb 2006-Oct-27 |
30 Oct | Braun-Blanquet approach to Classification I | KC, p. 245-275, Chapter 7, Phytosociology and the Zurich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) school of subjective classification.
Assignment Due:
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| Lab 865 kb 2006-Oct-27 |
30 Oct | Computer lab: (1) Data entry (2) Introduciton to TurboVeg (3) Begin Braun-Blanquet table sorting |
TurboVeg Manual (reading to be determined).
2006 species data in Excel and tab delimited text formats (updated: 30-Oct-2006 10:03).
Hennekens, 2001. (19 kb)
Tichy. 2002. (475 kb)
Lab software information (58 kb) |
| Lesson 9 | 06 Nov | Braun-Blanquet Analysis II | Shimwell, D.W. (1971) The Description and Classification of Vegetation. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Chap. 6, pp. 184-215. |
| Lab 9 | 06 Nov | Computer lab: (1) Classification: Sorted Table analysis using Excel (2) Introduction to JUICE and TurboVeg |
JUICE Manual (9,690 kb)(reading to be determined) |
| Lesson 101,930 kb 2006-Nov-13 |
13 Nov | Indirect ordination, Similarity indices, polar ordination | KC, p. 162-185, Chapter 5, Ordination methods I, 1950-1970 |
| Lab 1056 kb 2006-Nov-21 |
13 Nov | Computer lab: Introduction to PC-Ord; Ordination of class data |
PC-Ord manual
Assignment Due: Sorted tables due: |
| Lesson 113,320 kb 2006-Nov-21 |
20 Nov | Ordination: PCA | KC, p. 186-214, Chapter 5, Ordination methods I, 1950-1970 |
| Lab 11 | 20 Nov | Computer lab: Analysis of class data using PC-Ord I |
PC-Ord manual |
| Lesson 12 />1,020 kb 2006-Dec-04 |
27 Nov | Ordination: DCA, CCA, NMS | KC, p. Chapter 6, Ordination methods II, 1970-1992 |
| Lab 12 | 27 Nov | Computer lab: Analysis of class data using PC-Ord II |
PC-Ord manual
Assignment Due: Ordination exercise due: 01-Dec-2006 |
| Thanksgiving | 23-26 Nov | THANKSGIVING CAMPUS CLOSED | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| Lesson 13 | 04 Dec | Work on class project | |
| Lab 13 | 04 Dec | Computer lab: Analysis of class data, Preparation of talks |
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| Lesson 14 | 9 Dec | Final Oral Presentations | >Oral Prensentations |