BIOL 356/656 Plant-Animal Interactions
Daily Activities
Fall 2000
Aug 30, Wed Introduction and Objectives
Lab: Objectives of Evolutionary Ecology -- Biology Greenhouse
Sep 1, Fri Interaction and Coevolution
4, Mon Interaction and Coevolution
6, Wed Pollination Ecology
Lab: Project 1 -- Pollination Ecology- Montandon Marsh or Shamokin Mt.
Video: Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
8, Fri Pollination Ecology
11, Mon Pollination Ecology
13, Wed Pollination Ecology
Lab: Pollination Ecology -- Montandon Marsh or Shamokin Mt. Field Work
15, Fri Pollination Ecology
18, Mon Pollination Ecology -- Student-led Discussion
20, Wed Fruit Dispersal
Lab: Pollination Ecology -- How to Make an Oral Presentation -- BB 322; Montandon Marsh or Shamokin Mt. Field Work;
22, Fri Fruit Dispersal
25, Mon Fruit Dispersal
27, Wed Fruit Dispersal
Lab: Project 1 -- Oral Presentations -- BB 322
29, Fri Fruit Dispersal -- Student-led Discussion
Oct 2, Mon Insect Herbivory
4, Wed Insect Herbivory
Lab: Project 2 -- Insect Herbivory/Fruit Dispersal -- Field Work -- BU Natural Area
6, Fri Insect Herbivory
9, Mon RECESS
11, Wed Insect Herbivory
Lab: Insect Herbivory/Fruit Dispersal -- Field Work -- BU Natural Area or Ecology Lab -- BB 322
13, Fri MIDTERM EXAMINATION
16, Mon Insect Herbivory
18, Wed Insect Herbivory -- Student-led Discussion
Lab: Insect Herbivory/Fruit Dispersal -- Ecology Lab -- BB 322
20, Fri Mammalian Herbivory; Plant-Animal Interactions Biology Department Lecture by Dr. Robert Fritz, Vassar College
23, Mon Mammalian Herbivory
25, Wed Mammalian Herbivory
Lab: Insect Herbivory/Fruit Dispersal -- Ecology Lab -- BB322
27, Fri Mammalian Herbivory
30, Mon Mammalian Herbivory -- Student-led Discussion
Nov 1, Wed Ant-Plant Interactions
Lab: Insect Herbivory/Fruit Dispersal -- Ecology Lab -- BB322
3, Fri Ant-Plant Interactions
6, Mon Ant-Plant - Student-led Discussion
8, Wed Carnivorous Plants
Video: Carnivorous Plants; Prepare Oral Presentations
10, Fri Carnivorous Plants
13, Mon Video: Battle of the Leaves
15, Wed Community Ecology
Lab: Oral Presentations #1
17, Fri Carnivorous Plants - Student-led Discussion
20, Mon Community Ecology - Plant-Animal Interactions
22, Wed RECESS
24, Fri RECESS
27, Mon Community Ecology - Plant-Animal Interactions
29, Wed Video: Amate: Fig Tree
Lab: Oral Presentations #2
Dec 1, Fri Community Ecology - Plant-Animal Interactions - Student-led Discussion
4, Mon Human-Plant Interactions - Agriculture
Dec. 6, Wed Human-Plant Interactions - Agriculture
Lab: Oral Presentations #3
8, Fri Video: Keepers of the Forest
11, Mon Human-plant Interactions - Agriculture, Student-led Discussion