THE
ECOLOGY OF MOSSES
EFB 446/646
TENTATIVE LECTURE SYLLABUS
SPRING 2010
|
Date |
Lecture/Discussion topic |
|
January 19 |
Introduction to Bryophytes,
Life Cycle |
|
January 21 |
Evolution of the Bryophytes,
Phylogeny |
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January 26 |
Life in the boundary
layer-microclimate |
|
January 28 |
Bryophyte Growth Forms |
|
February 2 |
Ecological Correlates of
Bryophyte Growth Forms |
|
February 4 |
Water and Nutrient Relations
in Bryophytes |
|
February 9 |
Water and Nutrient Relations
in Bryophytes |
|
February 11 |
Moss architecture |
|
February 16 |
Moss architecture |
|
February 18 |
Reproduction in Mosses |
|
February 23 |
Reproduction in Mosses |
|
February 25 |
Dispersal in Mosses |
|
March 2 |
Life History Strategies in
Mosses |
|
March 4 |
Life History Strategies in
Mosses |
|
March 9 |
Competition and niche
partitioning in Mosses |
|
March 11 |
Service Learning Project
Planning |
|
March 15-19 |
NO CLASS SPRING BREAK |
|
March 23 |
Patterns of succession in
Mosses |
|
March 25 |
Disturbance Responses of
Mosses |
|
March 30 |
Role of Bryophytes in the
ecosystem |
|
April 1 |
Role of Bryophytes in the ecosystem |
|
April 6 |
Interactions of Bryophytes
with other organisms |
|
April 8 |
Survey of bryophyte dominated
communities: Ecology of Sphagnum |
|
April 13 |
Sphagnum continued |
|
April 15 |
Survey of bryophyte dominated
communities: Aquatic Bryophytes |
|
April 20 |
Survey of bryophyte dominated
communities: Tundra and Boreal |
|
April 22 |
Epiphytic Bryophytes |
|
April 27 |
Bryophytes and Environmental
Change: air pollution, climate |
|
April 29 |
Ethnobotany of Bryophytes |
|
May 4 |
Bryophyte Conservation |
Last
Updated February 5, 2010.