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Lectures
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Topic/Activity |
Reading |
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Aug. 26 |
Introduction |
Lockwood Ch.1, pp. 1-8. |
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Aug. 28 |
An Overview of Biological Invasion |
Lockwood Ch.1, 9-15 |
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Sept. 02 |
Ecological Effects |
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Sept. 04 |
Ecol. Effects (cont’d) Vectors and Pathways |
Lockwood Ch.2, 18-29 |
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Sept. 09 |
Vectors and Pathways (cont’d) |
Lockwood Ch. 2, 30-35 |
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Sept. 11 |
Establishment - Propagule Pressure - Disturbance |
Lockwood Ch. 4, 60-70 Lockwood Ch. 5, 77-87 |
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Sept. 16 |
Establishment - Demographic and Environmental
Stochasticity - Competition |
Lockwood, Ch. 6, 107-115 |
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Sept. 18 |
Establishment - Predation / Herbivory - Enemy Release Hypothesis |
Lockwood, Ch. 6, 115-129 FYI:
Mattson_etal_2007. European_North American asynchrony in exchange of forest
insects
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Sept. 23 |
- Competition - Predation / Herbivory - Enemy Release Hypothesis |
First
Lit. Review Due at Beginning of Class (Undergrads) FYI:
Reflection on Elton’s Book at 50 yrs Lockwood, Ch. 8, 158-162, 169-173 |
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Sept. 25 |
Establishment - Individual life-history properties |
Muth_2006
(the text does not cover this topic but this paper looks at a number of
related issues) |
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Sept. 30 |
Eid ul Fidr |
No Class |
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Oct. 02 |
Genetics and Evolution |
Lockwood, Ch. 11, 223-240 |
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Oct. 07 |
Genetics and Evolution |
Lockwood, Ch. 11, 223-240 |
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Oct. 09 |
Yom Kippur |
No Class |
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Oct. 14 |
Invasions and Global Change |
Lockwood, Ch. 5, 100-105 |
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Oct. 16 |
Invasions and Global Change |
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Oct. 21 |
Prevention (Treaties, Laws and Policy) |
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Oct. 23 |
MIDTERM Will cover: Up to Oct. 16th. -In class, short answer. -I will focus on the major concepts and ideas
from class and the assigned readings, not trivia. It is highly likely that you
will encounter most (or even all) of the big picture items below. -You should understand and be able to elaborate
on the ecology and economics of invasive species, different pathways and
vectors and their relative importance, the concept of diminishing cascades,
the ways in which disturbance, propagule pressure, demographic and
environmental stochasticity and biotic resistance (competition,
herbivory/predation) affect establishment and spread, the components of enemy
release, the role (or lack) of individual life-history characteristics in
invasions, the role of evolution and/or plasticity in facilitating invasions,
and the different ways in which anthropogenically-driven global change may
synergize or antagonize biological invasions. |
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Oct. 28 |
Dylan in Albany for NY Invasive
Species Council |
No Class |
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Oct. 30 |
Dylan at Cornell for Invasive Forest
Insect Symposium |
No Class |
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Nov. 04 |
Prevention (Treaties, Laws and
Policy) (cont’d) |
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Nov. 06 |
Eradication |
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Nov. 11 |
Eradication |
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Nov. 13 |
Biological Control The good….. |
Second
Lit. Review Due at Beginning of Class (Undergrads) FYI: Pro and con for classical biological control Hoddle 2002 |
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Nov. 18 |
Biological Control …..the bad and the ugly |
Grad
Student Position Paper Due FYI: Non-Target Effects (Parry 2009) |
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Nov. 20 |
Movie |
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Nov. 25 |
Predictive Models |
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Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving |
No Class |
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Dec. 02 |
Presentations |
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Dec. 04 |
Presentations |
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Dec. 11 |
Presentations (2:45-4:45) |
Take Home Final Due |
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