2003 Spring North Slope snow trip, Deadhorse grid, Biocomplexity project; Skip Walker and Yuri Shur.

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BIOL 474, Plant Ecology (4 credits)

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Syllabus

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.
Walter = Walter, H. 1979. Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-biosphere. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Blue rows are Wednesday labs.
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Lesson File Size Updated	Date	Topics/Activities	Readings
Lesson 1 854 kb 2006-Jan-20	20 Jan	Course overview, Introduction	BBPGS, Chap 1, pp. 1-12
Lesson 2 7,415 kb 2006-Jan-27	23 Jan	A brief history of plant ecology	BBPGS, Chap 2, pp. 13-30
Lesson 3 1,974 kb 2006-Jan-31	25 Jan	The species in the environmental complex	BBPGS, Chap 3, pp. 31- 56
Lab 1 1,981 kb 2006-Jan-27	25 Jan	UAF Museum Herbarium: Overview of plant morphology and dichotomous keys. Plant identification, trees (6 species) and tall shrubs (4 species).	Review required plant species: Trees and Tall Shrubs Read Family characteristics for Betulaceae, Salicaceae, Pinaceae, and review photos and descriptions for species within with the trees and tall shrubs list.
Lesson 4	27 Jan	Review and journal papers	Cowles, H.C. 1899. The ecological relations of vegetation on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. Botanical Gazette. Vol. 27 (excerpts: pp. 95-97, 106-112, 194-198, 374-379, 382-388) . Excerpts as PDF documents [PDF-1502,090 kb] [PDF-6004,450 kb] Billings, W. D., 1952. The environmental complex in relation to plant growth and distribution. Quarterly Review of Biology, 27(3):251-265.
Lesson 5 1,857 kb 2006-Jan-31	30 Jan	Population structure and plant demography	BBPGS, Chap 4, pp. 57-87 Supplemental reading: Olson, M.S. and McCauley, D.E. 2002 (2,798 kb). Mitochondrial DNA diversity, population structure, and gender association in the gynodioecious plant silene vulgaris. Evolution, 56(2):253-262. Giles, B.E. and Goudet, J. 1997 (2,347 kb). Genetic differentiation in Silene dioica metapopulations: Estimation of spatiotemporal effects in a successional plant species. American Naturalist, 149(3):507-526.
Lesson 6 2,173 kb 2006-Jan-31	01 Feb	Allocation and life history patterns	BBPGS, Chap 5, pp. 88-118
Lab 2 2,349 kb 2006-Jan-31	01 Feb	Plant identification: Low Shrubs (12 species)	Review required plant species: Low Shrubs Read Family characteristics for Betulaceae, Salicaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Myricaceae, Rosaceae and review photos and descriptions for species within the low shrub list.
Lesson 7	3 Feb	Review and journal papers	Mooney, H. A. and Billings, W. D., 1961: Comparative physiological ecology of arctic and alpine populations of Oxyria digyna. Ecological Monographs, 31:1-29. McGraw, J. B., 1985: Experimental ecology of Dryas octopetala ecotypes. III. Environmental factors and plant growth. Arctic and Alpine Research, 17(3):229-239.
Lesson 8 3,214 kb 2006-Feb-06	6 Feb	Species interactions: Competition and amensalism	BBPGS, Chap 6, pp. 118-148
Lesson 9 2,822 kb 2006-Feb-14	8 Feb	Species interactions: Commensalism, mutualism, and herbivory	BBPGS, Chap 7, pp. 149-178
Lab 3 3,507 kb2006-Feb-06	8 Feb	Plant identification: Dwarf Shrubs (24 species)	Review required plant species: Erect Dwarf Shrubs and Prostrate Dwarf Shrubs Read Family characteristics for Betulaceae, Cornaceae, Cupressaceae, Ericaceae, Rosaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Diapensiaceae, Pyrolaceae, Salicaeae and review photos and descriptions for species within the erect dwarf shrub and prostrate dwarf shrub lists.
Lesson 10	10 Feb	Review and journal papers	Tilman, D. 1985 (872 kb). The resource-ratio hypothesis. The American Naturalist, 125: 827-852. Grime, J.P. 1977 (831 kb). Evidence for the existence of three primary strategies in plants and its relevance to ecological and evolutionary theory. The American Naturalist, 111: 1169-1194.
Lesson 11	13 Feb	FIRST EXAM
Lesson 12 3,165 kb 2006-Feb-14	15 Feb	Community concepts and attributes	BBPGS, Chap 8, pp. 179-209
Lab 4 2006-Feb-16	15 Feb	Snow Ecology Field trip	Walker, D. A., W. D. Billings, and J. G. d. Molenaar. 2001 (2,220 kb). Snow-vegetation interactions in tundra environments. in H. G. Jones, R. W. Hoham, J. W. Pomeroy, and D. A. Walker, editors. Snow Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Snow Temperature data summary (1,624 kb, Updated: 2006-Mar-08). Snow Temperature Raw Data (350 kb, Updated: 2006-Mar-08).
Lesson 13	17 Feb	Methods of sampling the plant community I	BBPGS, Chap 9, pp. 210-239
Lesson 14 4,085 kb 2006-Feb-20	20 Feb	Methods of sampling the plant community II	BBPGS, Chap 9, pp. 210-239
Lesson 15 2,816 kb 2006-Feb-21	22 Feb	Classification of plant communities	BBPGS, Chap 10, p. 240-257
Lab 5	22 Feb	Lab Exam 1 - You will be allowed to use any of the unmarked keys in the lab (Hulten, Viereck and Little, or Collet)
Lesson 16 2006-Feb-21	24 Feb	Review and Journal papers	Gleason, H.A. 1926. The individualistic concept of the plant association. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 53:7-26. Clements, F.E. 1936. Nature and structure of the climax. Journal of Ecology, 24: 253-284. Cramer, W.P. and Leemans, R. 1993 ( 7,085 kb). Assessing impacts of climate change on vegetation using climate classification systems. pp. 190-217. Grabherr, G. and Kojima, S. 1993 ( 3,366 kb). Vegetation diversity and classification systems. pp.218-232. Grime, J.P. 1993 ( 2,791 kb). Vegetation functional classification systems as approaches to predicting and quantifying global vegetation change. pp. 293-305. in Vegetation Dynamics and Global Change. 1993. Editors: Allen Solomon and Herman Shugart. New York. Chapman and Hall.
Lesson 17 9,037 kb 2006-Feb-27	27 Feb	Ordination of Vegetation I. Direct gradient analysis	BBPGS, Chap. 10, pp. 257-267
Lesson 18 1,546 kb 2006-Feb-27	1 Mar	Ordination of Vegetation II. Indirect gradient analysis	BBPGS, Chap. 10, pp. 257-267
Lab 6 3,057 kb 2006-Mar-08	01 Mar	Plant identification: s (25 species): Campanulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Compositae (Asteraceae), Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), Eleagnaceae, Haloragaceae.	Read Family characteristics for Campanulaceae through Halograceae and review photos and descriptions for the listed species within the forb group.
Lesson 19	3 Mar	Indirect Grad analysis, I button data	Snow Temperature: data summary (1,624 kb, Updated: 2006-Mar-08). Snow Temperature: i-Button Raw Data as Microsoft Excel worksheet (350 kb, Updated: 2006-Mar-08).
Lesson 20 10,130 kb 2006-Mar-08	06 Mar	Succession	BBPGS, Chap 11, 268-302
Lesson 21 4,854 kb 2006-Mar-08	08 Mar	Zonobiomes and Ecological Climate Diagrams	Walter, H. 1979. Vegetation of the the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere. New York: Springer. Chapter II, General Section, pp. 22-41.
Lab 7 3,240 kb 2006-Mar-08	8 Mar	Plant identification Forbs (24 species): Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Liliaceae, Onagraceae, Orobanchaceae, Papaveraceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae.	Read Family characteristics for Fabaceae through Rosaceae and review photos and descriptions for the listed species within the forb group.
Lesson 22	10 Mar	Review and Journal papers. Second Exam emailed to students by 5 pm (DUE WED 22 MAR at 9 am.)	Blaine Bray, J.R. and J.T. Curtis. 1957. An ordination of the upland forest communities of southern Wisconsin. Ecological Monographs. 27:325-349. Mike Whittaker, R. H. and Neiring, W. A., 1968: Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. IV. Limestone and acid soils. Journal of Ecology, 56(2):523-544.
SPRING BREAK	13-17 Mar	NO CLASS	SPRING BREAK
Lesson 23	20 Mar	No Class Lecture Exam 2 due 22 Mar 9 am.
Lesson 24 3,946 kb 2006-Mar-23	22 Mar	Light and Temperature	BBPGS, Chap 14, 375-410
Lab 8 2,055 kb 2006-Mar-23	22 Mar	Plant identification: Forbs (12 species): Rubiaceae, Sanatalaceae, Saxifragaceae, Umbelliferae (Apiaceae).	Read Family characteristics for Rubiaceae through Apiaceae and review photos and descriptions for the required forb species.
Lesson 25	24 Mar	Review and Journal papers	Van Cleve, K., and L. A. Viereck. 1981. Forest succession in relation to nutrient cycling in the boreal forest of Alaska. Pages 185-211 in D. C. West, H. H. Shugart, and D. B. Botkin, editors. Forest succession, concepts and application. Springer-Verlag, New York. Walker, L.R., J.C. Zasada, and F.S. Chapin, III. 1986. The role of life history processes in primary succession on an Alaskan floodplain. Ecology 67:1243-1253.
Lesson 26 12,781 kb 2006-Apr-04	27 Mar	Photosynthesis: Fleur Nicklen Skip Walker at NSF SASS meeting	BBPGS, Chap 15, pp. 411-440 BBPGS, Chap 12, pp. 303-333
Lesson 27 9,743 kb 2006-Apr-04	29 Mar	Production	BBPGS, Chap 12, pp. 303-333
Lab 9	29 Mar	Lab Exam 2 (61 species)
Lesson 28	31 Mar	Review and Journal papers	Van Cleve, K., F.S. Chapin, III, C.T. Dyrness, and L.A. Viereck. 1991. Element cycling in taiga forests: State factor control. BioScience, 41(2):78-88. Chapin, F. S., III, D. A. Johnson, et al. (1980). "Seasonal movement of nutrients in plants of differing growth form in an Alaskan tundra ecosystem: implications for herbivory." Journal of Ecology 68(1):189-209.
Lesson 29 11,108 kb 2006-Apr-10	03 Apr	Arctic NDVI	Goetz, S.J., Bunn, A.G., Fiske, G.J., and Houghtohn, R.A. 2005( 494 kb). Satellite-observed photosynthetic trends across boreal North America associated with climate and fire disturbance. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, 13521-13525. Jia, G. J., H. E. Epstein, and D. A. Walker. 2003.( 210 kb), Greening of arctic Alaska, 1981-2001, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(20), 2067, doi:10.1029/2003GL018268.
Lesson 30 9,967 kb 2006-Apr-10	5 Apr	Soil	BBPGS, Chap. 17, pp. 473-500.
Lab 10 12,246 kb 2006-Apr-11	5 Apr	Plant identification: Grasses (11 species): Graminae (Poaceae); Sedges (11 species): Cyperaceae; Rushes (5 spp.): Juncaceae.	Read Family characteristics for Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae and review photos and descriptions for the required Grass, Sedge and Rush species.
Lesson 31 14 kb 2006-Apr-10	7 Apr	Discussion of final presentations
Lesson 32 7,019 kb 2006-Apr-10	10 Apr	Mineral cycling	BBPGS, Chap 13, pp. 334-373
Lesson 33 9,238 kb 2006-Apr-12	12 Apr	Plant water dynamics	BBPGS, Chap 18, pp. 501-532
Lab 11 1,575 kb 2006-Apr-11	12 Apr	Plant identification: Club mosses (4 species): Sellaginellaceae and Lycopodiaceae; Horsetails (4 species): Equisetaceae; Ferns (2 species): Athyriaceae and Aspidiaceae.	Review photos and descriptions for the required club moss, horsetail and fern species.
Lesson 34 10,061 kb 2006-Apr-13	14 Apr	Arctic Tundra LECTURE EXAM 3 emailed by 5 pm Due 18 Apr 9 am	Walker, D.A., Bockheim, J.G., Chapin, F.S. III, Eugster, W., Nelson, F.E. and Ping, C.L. 2001( 1,273 kb). Calcium-rich tundra, wildlife, and the "Mammoth Steppe". Quaternary Science Reviews. 20:149-163. Bliss, L.C. 1988. Arctic tundra and polar biome. Pp. 1-32 in Barbour, M.G.. and Billings, W.D. (eds.) North American Vegetation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lesson 35	17 Apr	No Class - Exam #3 due 18 Apr (Tomorrow) by 9 am
Lesson 36	19 Apr	Student Presentations: (1) Ken: Beringian Steppe Tundra (2) Scott: Boreal peatlands	Students assign readings
Lab 12 2,366 kb 2006-May-01	19 Apr	Plant identifications: Mosses (14 species): Amblystegiaceae, Aulacomniaceae, Brachytheciaceae, Dicraneaceae, Entodontaceae, Polytrichaceae, Rhytidiaceae, Sphagnaceae, Splachnaceae Liverworts (2 species), Ptilidiaceae, Marchantiacea.	Review photos and descriptions for the required Bryophyte species.
Lesson 37	21 Apr	Student Presentations: (3) Dana: North American boreal forest (4) Masa: Asian boreal forest	Students assign readings
Lesson 38	24 Apr	Student Presentations: (5) Mark: Southern boreal forest (6) Mike: Cretaceous Alaska	Students assign readings
Lesson 39	26 Apr	Student Presentations: (7) Amy: Temperate evergreen forests (8) Andrew: Temperate grasslands	Students assign readings.
Lab 13 4,209 kb 2006-May-01	26 Apr	Plant identification: Lichens (22 species): In the Families Lecanoraceae, Lecideaceae, Nephromataceae, Peltigeraceae, Umbilicariaceae, Cladoniaceae, Parmeliaceae, Pertusariaceae, Sphaerophoraceae, Usneaceae.	Review photos and descriptions for the required Lichen species.
Lesson 40	28 Apr	Student Presentations: (9) Blaine: Steppes (10) Zachery: Paramo	Students assign readings,
	01 May	NO CLASS	UAF Springfest
Lesson 41	03 May	Student presentations: (11) Emily: Chaparral (12) Regina: Sonoran desert	Students assign readings
Lab 14	3 May	Lab Exam 3 (76 species)
Lesson 42	05 May	Student presentations: (13) Molly: Tropical desert (14) Kuba: Tropical rainforests	Students assign readings.