Learning objectives
The course is aimed at providing an examination of some topics in human and animal population biology.
Prerequisites
The course is aimed at providing an examination of some topics in human and animal population biology.
Course unit content
Human populations <br />
Pattern of human migrations dating to prehistoric times. <br />
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Animal populations <br />
Phenology under climate changes scenarios <br />
Case studies <br />
1. Climate change and population dynamics of migrant birds <br />
2. Climate change and decline of amphibian populations <br />
Bibliography
Bancroft, B.A. et al. 2007. Effects of UVB radiation on marine and freshwater organisms: a synthesis through meta-analysis. ECOLOGY LETTERS 10:332-345. <br />
Belden, Lisa K. 2002. Population differences in sensitivity to UV-B radiation for larval long-toed salamanders. ECOLOGY 6: 1586–1590 <br />
Blaustein, A.R. and D.B. Wake. 1990. Declining amphibian populations: a global phenomenon? TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 5:203-204. <br />
Both C. et al. 2004. Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 271: 1657-1662. <br />
Both C., Visser M.E. 2001. Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird. NATURE 411: 296-298. <br />
McCallum, M.L. 2007. Amphibian decline or extinction? Current declines dwarf background extinction rate. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. 41: 483–491. <br />
Pavesi A. 2005. Utility of JC polyomavirus in tracing the Pattern of human migrations dating to prehistoric times. THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY 86:1315-1326. <br />
Pavesi A. 2004. Detecting traces of prehistoric human migrations by geographic synthetic maps of polyomavirus JC. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 58: 304-313. <br />
Pavesi A. 2003. African origin of polyomavirus JC and implications for prehistoric human migrations. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 56: 564-572. <br />
Pounds, J. A. et al. 2006.Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. NATURE 439: 161-167. <br />
Saether BE, et al. 2003 Climate variation and regional gradients in population dynamics of two hole-nesting passerines. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 270: 2397-2404. <br />
Saino N, et al. 2004 Timing of reproduction and egg quality covary with temperature in the insectivorous Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 18: 50-57. <br />
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