Readings in Plant/Animal Interactions

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Suzanne Koptur's lab group and other interested persons

meeting Tuesdays at 12:30 pm in OE 270 (see syllabus for schedule)

This spring we will be reading a recent book on this topic

edited by Lee A. Dyer and Aparna D.N. Palmer

Piper:  a model genus for studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution

Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
ISBN 0-306-48498-6

And of course we will be reading, discussing, and editing eachother's proposals, papers, and presentations.

 
date topic
10 January first meeting
17 Jan Ch. 1 & 2 - Intro and Mutualism/Antiherbivore/ Trophic Cascades - Suzanne in charge
24 Jan Ch. 3 - Pollination ecology and Resource partitioning - John in charge
31 Jan Ch. 4 - Dispersal ecology - Jed in charge [Suzanne provides group with Amorpha manuscript]
7 Feb SK in Washington, DC - no meeting
14 Feb Ch. 5 - Biogeography of Neotropical Pipers - Janna Rose in charge  [John provides group with Ruellia ms.]
21 Feb Ch. 6 - Faunal studies - Monica  in charge - [Jed provides group with Ch. 1 ms.]
28 Feb Ch. 7 - Amides - Katrina in charge
7 March Ch. 8 - Kava - Janna Rose in charge
14 Mar Ch. 9 - Phylogenetics/ ant/plant interactions - Suzanne in charge
21 Mar SPRING BREAK!
28 Mar Ch. 10 - Classification/ phylogeny/ taxonomy - John in charge
4 Apr Ch. 11 - future directions  [Janna Rose provides group with ms. to review]
11 Apr John ms. review / and/or Katrina
18 Apr Suzanne ms. review and/ or Monica
25 Apr
Jed ms. review