ECOLOGY - BIOS 615

 

References for Class Presentations

 

Spring 2005 Dr. Steve Malcolm

 

Week

Topic and References

Presenter

2

13 Jan.

Birth and Death

 

1)            Varley, G.C., G.R. Gradwell & M.P. Hassell. 1973. Insect Population Ecology: An analytical approach.  Oxford: Blackwell. (chapter 7)

 

 

 

1) Steve Malcolm

 

 

3

20 Jan.

Intraspecific Competition

 

2)            Weiner, J. 1990. Asymmetric competition in plant populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 5(11): 360-364.

 

 

 

2) Amy Young

 

 

4

27 Jan.

 

The Logistic Equation and Population Modeling

 

3) Summarize the following dialog in Trends in Ecology & Evolution: (TREE).

       i) Ginzburg, L.R. 1992. Evolutionary consequences of basic growth equations. TREE 7(4): 133.

       ii) Olson, M.H./ A. Watkinson/ A. Mackenzie/ T.P. Young/ A.A. Berryman. 1992. Intuition and the logistic equation. TREE 7(9): 314-316.

       iii) Ginzburg, L. 1992. Reply from L. Ginzburg. TREE 7(9): 316-317.

       iv) Turchin, P./ W.M. Getz/ D.E. Taneyhill. 1993. The logistic equation revisited: final instalment. TREE 8(2): 68-70.

        v) Ginzburg, L. 1993. Reply from L. Ginzburg. TREE 8(2): 70-71.

 

 

 

3) Steve Malcolm

 

 

 

5

3 Feb.

 

Interspecific Competition

 

4)            Livdahl, T.P., & M.S. Willey. 1991. Prospects for an invasion: competition between Aedes albopictus and native Aedes triseriatus. Science 253: 189-191.

 

 

 

4)     David Ruff II

 

 

6

10 Feb.

 

Predation and Predatory Behavior

 

5) Murdoch, W.W. 1994. Population regulation in theory and practice. Ecology 75: 271-287

 

 

 

5) Mike Tjepkema

 

7

17 Feb.

 

Dynamics of Predation

 

6) Berryman, A.A. 1992. The origins and evolution of predator-prey theory. Ecology 73(5): 1530-1535.

 

 

 

6) Lee Johnson

 

8

24 Feb.

 

Parasitism and Herbivory

 

7) Foster, M.A., J.C. Schultz, & M.D. Hunter. 1992. Modelling gypsy moth-virus-leaf chemistry interactions: implications of plant quality for pest and pathogen dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology 61: 509-520.

 

8) McCallum, H., N. Barlow & J. Hone. 2001. How should pathogen transmission be modelled? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16(6): 295-300.

 

 

 

7) Tony ONeal

 

 

 

 

 

8) Chinwe Asomugha

 

9

10 Mar.

 

Decomposers, Detritivores & Mutualists

 

9) Newsham, K.K., A.H. Fitter, & A.H. Watkinson. 1994. Root pathogenic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi determine fecundity of asymptomatic plants in the field. Journal of Ecology 82: 805-814.

 

 

 

9) Hui Lin Lee

 

10

17 Mar.

 

Life History Variation

 

10) Endler, J.A. 1995. Multiple-trait coevolution and environmental gradients in guppies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10(1): 22-29.

 

 

 

10) Paul Caccamo

 

 

11

24 Mar.

 

Abundance & Metapopulations

 

11) Hanski, I. 1994. A practical model of metapopulation dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 151-162.

(see also: Hanski, I., & M. Gilpin. 1991. Metapopulation dynamics: brief history and conceptual domain. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 42: 3-16.)

 

 

 

11) Todd Norwood

 

 

12

31 Mar.

 

Manipulating Abundance & Risk Assessment

 

12) Milner-Gulland, E.J., & H.R. Akakaya. 2001. Sustainability indices for exploited populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16(12): 686-692

 

 

12) Sylvie Coulibaly

 

 

 

 

13

7 Apr.

Community Structure

 

13) Dobson, A., and M. Meagher. 1996. The population dynamics of brucellosis in the Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 77(4): 1026-1036.

 

14) Hairston, N.G., F.E. Smith & L.B. Slobodkin. 1960. Community structure, population control, and competition. The American Naturalist 94: 421-425.

See also: Murdoch, W.W. 1966. Community structure, population control, and competition a critique. The American Naturalist 100: 219-226.

 

 

 

13) Stephen Podewell

 

 

 

14) Jacob Maas

 

14

14 Apr.

Roles of Competition, Predation & Disturbance

 

15) Hunter, M.D., G.C. Varley & G.R. Gradwell. 1997. estimating the relative roles of top-down and bottom-up forces on insect herbivore populations: A classic study revisited. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 9176-9181.

 

 

 

15) James Melchior

 

 

 

 

 

NB. Where two papers are assigned for the same basic topic I have tried to list one classical treatment of the subject with one modern treatment of the same basic concept.

 

 

Some other sources:

 

Carey, J.R., P. Liedo, D. Orozco, & J.W. Vaupel. 1992. Slowing of mortality rates at older ages in large medfly cohorts. Science 258: 457-461.

 

Crawley, M.J. 1989. Insect herbivores and plant population dynamics. Annual Review of Entomology 34: 531-564.

 

Crawley, M.J., R.S. Hails, M. Rees, D. Kohn, & J. Buxton. Ecology of transgenic oilseed rape in natural habitats. Nature 363: 620-623 (Note: include the commentary by Peter Kareiva on pp 580-581 of the same issue of Nature). and see,

Gurevitch, J., and S.L. Collins. 1994. Experimental manipulation of natural plant communities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9(3): 94-98.

 

Curtsinger, J.W., H.H. Fukui, D.R. Townsend, & J.W. Vaupel. 1992. Demography of genotypes: failure of the limited life-span paradigm in Drosophila melanogaster. Science 258: 461-463.

Letters in response to these 2 papers in Science 260: 1565-1569 (11 June 1993).

Technical Comments in response to these 2 papers in Science 260: 1664-1667 (11 June 1993).

 

Deevey, E.S. 1947. Life tables for natural populations of animals. Quarterly Review of Biology 22: 283-314.

 

Godfray, H.C.J., & S.W. Pacala. 1992. Aggregation and the population dynamics of parasitoids and predators. The American Naturalist 140: 30-40.

(Also read the following paper on Aggregation and stability in metapopulation models in this issue of Am Nat on pages 41-58 by Murdoch, Briggs, Nisbet, Gurney & Stewart-Oaten)

 

Goldberg, D.E., & A.M. Barton. 1992. Patterns and consequences of interspecific competition in natural communities: a review of field experiments with plants. The American Naturalist 139: 771-801

 

Grenfell, B.T. 1992. Parasitism and the dynamics of ungulate grazing systems. The American Naturalist 139: 907-929.

 

Hanski, I. Patch-occupancy dynamics in fragmented landscapes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9(4): 131-135.

 

Hassell, M.P., R.M. May, S.W. Pacala, & P. Chesson. 1991. The persistence of host-parasitoid associations in patchy environments. I. A general criterion. The American Naturalist 138: 568-583.

 

Holmes, E.C., and G.P. Garnett. 1994. Genes, trees and infections: molecular evidence in epidemiology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9(7): 256-260.  (See also, Harvey, P.H., & S. Nee. 1994. Phylogenetic epidemiology lives. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9(10): 361-363.

 

Hunter, M.D., & P.W. Price. 1992. Playing chutes and ladders: heterogeneity and the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down forces in natural communities. Ecology 73(3): 724-732.

 

Huston, M. 1979. A general hypothesis of species diversity. The American Naturalist 113: 81-101.

 

Jeffries, M.J., & J.H. Lawton. 1984. Enemy-free space and the structure of ecological communities. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 23: 269-286.

 

Kareiva, P. 1986. Habitat fragmentation and the stability of predator-prey interactions. Nature  326: 388-390.

 

Pacala, S.W., & M.P. Hassell. 1991. The persistence of host-parasitoid associations in patchy environments. II. Evaluation of field data. The American Naturalist 138: 584-605.

 

Pacala, S.W., M.P. Hassell, & R.M. May. 1990. Host-parasitoid associations in patchy environments. Nature 374: 150-153.

 

Rees, M., & M.J. Long. 1992. Germination biology and the ecology of annual plants. The American Naturalist 139: 484-508.

 

Stearns, S.C. 1976. Life history tactics: A review of the the ideas. Quarterly Review of Biology 51: 3-47.

 

Stearns, S.C. 1992. The Evolution of Life Histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (Read chapters 1 & 2, and the Discussions of Parts I & II on pages 115-119 & 206-211.

 

Thomas, S.C., & F.A. Bazzaz. 1993. The genetic component in plant size hierarchies: norms of reaction to density in a Polygonum species. Ecological Monographs 63(3): 231-249.