Learning objectives
The course is aimed at providing an examination of some topics in animal population biology.
Course unit content
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 />
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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Teaching methods
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