The Field Biology course has these main components:
We will meet
on six Saturdays; times will vary (see schedule), but on field
trip days class will last most of the day.
On Feb. 3 & Feb. 17 we will meet in the SSU Ukiah Program
classroom on the Mendocino College campus.
PLEASE NOTE: This schedule of readings is meant to be self-paced and I am arranging it so topics will be covered on a weekly basis, and material will correspond with our field trip experiences. I encourage you to keep up with the readings so you will understand, enjoy, remember and absorb as much as possible.
See Textbooks for Biology 314
February 3 Introduction to Field
Biology;California's Natural Regions Meet in Ukiah Classroom;
Form Field Groups; Using Identification Keys; Pressing
Herbarium Specimens Handouts February 10 Geomorphic Provinces
& Biological Communities Work on Independent
Projects Schoenherr: Introduction
& Chapter 1 February 17 Forests of the Sierra
Nevada; Mixed Evergreen Forest, Riparian Woodlands, and
Edaphic Communities Meet in Ukiah
Classroom; Schoenherr: Chapter 2 February
24 Meet at 10:30 a.m. (to
3:30) Basic Geology of
California; Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Faults; Field
Trip to Mendocino Ecological Staircase, Jughandle
State Preserve BRING
GUIDE BOOKS! Schoenherr:
Chapter 3 March 3 California's Unique
Forests Work on Independent
Projects Schoenherr: Chapter 7, pp
283-312 March 10 The California Coast
and Estuaries Coastline; Marine Food Webs; Zonation;
Adaptations to Stress; Life in the Water Midterm
Exam #1 emailed to
students Schoenherr: Chapter 12,
pp 642-693 March
17 Meet at 12:00 noon (to
5:00 p.m.) Rocky
Intertidal Communities
& Tidepools; Field
Trip to Aquatic Environments: Continue
Schoenherr:
Chapter 12, pp 642-693 March 24 Mountains of California Work on Independent
Projects Chap. 6, pp 228-236; March 31 Geology of the Sierra Nevada; Ecological
Effects of Hydraulic Mining in the Sierra Work on Independent
Projects Chap. 4, pp 69-94 & pp
123-166 April 7 Mountaintops: Ecological
Islands (of Relicts & Endemics) Work on Independent
Projects Chap. 5, pp 167-182 &
pp 210-215 April 21 Midterm
Exam #2 emailed
to students Work on Independent
Project Chap. 4, 6 and
7 April 28 Midterm
Exam #2 due! Field
Trip to Fairfield Osborn Preserve; Meet at SSU at 10:00
a.m. Chap. 9, pp 406-425, pp 454-456, & pp
514-515 May 5 The Great Central Valley of
California; Grassland Habitats; Disappearance of Native
Vegetation in the Central Valley Work on Independent
Projects Chap. 10, pp 516-543 May 12 Final
Exam emailed to
students Work on Independent
Projects Chap. 11, pp 553-569; pp 570-626
(parts) May 19 Meet in Ukiah classroom
at 9:00 a.m. Hand
in Papers and Herbaria Comprehensive Final
Exam
First Class Meeting
9 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Basic Ecology: The Living Ecosystem
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Field
Trip to Montgomery Woods;
wear good walking shoes or hiking boots; bring lunch and
water
Schoenherr: Chap.4, pp 92 -122
BRING
GUIDE BOOKS!
Geologic Events in the History of California
wear good walking shoes or hiking boots; bring lunch and
water
Ecology in the
Field
Redwood Forest; The Coast Ranges;
Biotic Zonation of the Coast Ranges
Wave Action & Tides
Chap. 1, 2, 3, and part of 4
Work on Independent Projects
Mudflats, Salt Marshes & Estuaries;
Human
Impact on the Marine Environment
Midterm
Exam #1 due!
MacKerricher
State Beach &
Lake Cleone; wear wading boots or shoes that can get wet;
bring lunch and water
Ecology in the
Field: some experimental techniques
BRING
GUIDE BOOKS!
Chap. 7, pp 261-282
Deserts of
California;
The Los Angeles Basin and coastal islands;
Strategies of Desert Plants and
Animals
Wear good walking shoes or hiking boots; bring lunch and
water.
BRING
GUIDE BOOKS!
California Inland Waters: Lakes; Streams and their
Biota
Takehome
Final Exam DUE
Student Presentations
The
Saturdays (above) on which we are meeting as a class are highlighted
in red!
Also, PLEASE NOTE: any changes to this schedule will be announced via email and/or Web CT.
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Marilyn Cannon , February 19, 2007