Zoology 2303: Vertebrate Zoology
Fall 2007

Announcements:
- Exams 1-3 Study Guides
- Exam 4/Final review on 11/30, 4-5:30, 110 Rinker
- Exam 4 Study Guide
- Take the final exam

Dr. Rebekka Darner
Phone: 352-392-8738
Office: 313 Bartram 
Email: rdarner@ufl.edu
Office hours: 
MW 2-3pm
or by appointment
Resources:
- Syllabus
- Tentative Schedule
- How to Conduct an Ethogram
- Ethogram Grading Sheet
- Lab website

Lab Instructors:
Samantha Hilber
 Melissa Toups
 Natalie Wright
sahilber@zoology.ufl.edu mtoups@zoology.ufl.edu
 natrun@ufl.edu
392-1685 392-1721 x 516
 392-1721 x 464
office hours by appointment
 office hours by appointment
 office hours by appointment

Course Description:
This course addresses the evolution, taxonomy, ecology and behavior of vertebrates. Emphasis is on the adaptations of wild animals to their natural habitats. Laboratory will include field trips.

Text:
Pough, F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2005. Vertebrate Life (7th Edition). Prentice Hall: New Jersey.

Lecture Notes & Supplements:
Aug 24 (McComas article)
Aug 27 (Understanding Evolution site)
Aug 29
Aug 31
Sept 5 (Example Photos and Gastrulation review)
Sept 7 (More examples, Hagfish eating article)
Sept 10
Sept 12
Sept 14 (Hammerhead article)
Sept 17, 19 (Great Lakes map and Welland Canal map)
Sept 24, 26 (nephron diagram and counter-current exchange diagram)
Sept 28 (photo of shark's jaw protusion and bat ray teeth)
Oct 1 (eutrophication review)
Oct 3 (cichlid parental care article)
Oct 10 (diagram of zygopophyses)
Oct 12
Oct 15
Oct 17 (pedicellate teeth - scroll to p. 440)
Oct 19
Oct 22
Oct 24
Oct 26
Oct 29 (snakes adapted to arboreal, aquatic, and aerial habitats; rattlesnake "combat")
Nov 7
Nov 9 (Crocodilian Natural History)
Nov 14 (Booby siblicide photos; siblicide article)
Nov 16 - go to lab website and click on Avian Diversity Lecture
Nov 26 (CA ground squirrels assess predation risk; kangaroo rats make trade-offs; field mice detect microhabitat features)
Nov 30 (Becoming Human website)