Zoology 384L: Ecology of Metapopulations -- Spring 1993 
Professor: Eric R. Pianka Office Hours: ERP (TuTh2-3) or by prior arrangement (471-7472) Wednesdays, 12:30-2PM, Patterson 617 Assigned Readings: Bengtsson 1989. Nature 340: 713-715. Boorman and Levitt 1973. PNAS 69: 2711-2713. Caswell and Cohen 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 193-218. DeAngelis and Waterhouse 1987. Ecol. Monogr. 57: 1-21. Ebenhard, T. 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 105-121. Gill, D. E. 1978. The metapopulation ecology of the red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque). Ecol. Monogr. 48: 145-166. Gilpin, M. E. and I. Hanski, eds. 1991. Metapopulation Dynamics: Empirical and Theoretical Investigations. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 1-336. Gotelli, N. 1991. Amer. Natur. 138: 768-776. Hanski, I. 1982. Hanski, I. and Gilpin, 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 3-16. Harrison, S. 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 73-88. Harrison, S., D. Murphy and P. R. Ehrlich. 1988. Amer. Natur. 132: 360-382. Hassell and May 1990. Proc. Roy Soc., London. Hastings, A. 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 57-71. Hastings, A. and C. L. Wolin. 1989. Ecology 70: 1261-1266. Karieva, P. 1987. Nature 321: 388-391. Karieva, P. 1990. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond B: 53-68. Levins, R. 1966. The strategy of model building in population biology. Amer. Sci. 54: 421-431. Levins, R. 1969. Some demographic and genetic consequences of environmental heterogeneity for biological control. Bull. Ent. Soc. Amer. 15: 237-240. Levins, R. 1970. Extinction. In M. Gerstenhaber (ed.), Some mathematical questions in biology. (pp. 75-108). Amer. Math. Soc. Providence, R.I. Pulliam, H. R. 1988. Sources, sinks, and population regulation. Amer. Natur. 132: 652-661. Pulliam, H. R. and B. J. Danielson. 1991. Sources, sinks, and habitat selection: a londscape perspetive on population dynamics. Amer. Natur 137: S50-S66. Sjogren, P. 1991. Extinction and isolation gradients in metapopulations: the case of the pool frog (Rana lessonae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 135-147. Verboom, J., K. Lankester, and J. A. J. Mertz. 1991. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 42: 39-55. Exams and Grading: No examinations will be given. Your grade will be determined by your performance in class. Each student will be required to lead one discussion and to participate in all. |