Taiwan Ecology

In this course we learn basic ecological principles and examine the diversity of Taiwan's organisms and ecosystems.

Week Lecture updated: 200310
3/6 Taiwan's Diversity
   Film: Typhoon Island (PDF)

Textbook (PDF)    
Syllabus (PDF)
Undergraduate
2 credits
FRI 14:10-16:00
M220
 
3/13 Ecological Questions I
   Chapters 1&2
 
3/20 Common Taichung Birds
Bird Watching
Common Taichung Birds
Identifing Arthropod Orders:
   BugGuide
   Key to Adult Insects
Introduction to Taiwan's Snakes
3/27 Scientific Method
   Chapter 2
Project hypotheses
Study Site Log (PDF)
Study Sites: THU map
Study Site Log (PDF)
How to use Study Site Log (PDF)
Beaufort Wind Scale
How to find North (PDF)  
4/3 Holiday  
4/10 Coriolis Effect & Climate
   Chapter 8
Coriolis Effect:
   Airplanes
   Ocean Currents
   Wind Currents
Group Project Part I
   (Turn in Study Site Logs)

Start First Traffic Survey Monday
How to do Traffic Surveys (PDF)
Traffic Data Sheet (PDF)
4/17 Conditions for Life I
   Chapter 3
Start First Bird Survey
Common Taichung Birds
How to do Bird Surveys (PDF)
Bird Data Sheet (PDF)
Expedition Field Techniques
   - Bird Surveys (PDF)
4/24 Conditions for Life II
   Chapter 3
How to do the Tree Survey (PDF)
How to do the Tree Survey (PDF)
Tree Data Sheet (PDF)
Wangari Maathai: Planting trees in Kenya
   (YouTube)
   (YouTube)
I will be a hummingbird (YouTube)
Jadav 'Molai' Payeng: Planting trees in India
   (YouTube)
Mbah Sadiman: Planting trees in Indonesia
   (YouTube)
David Bamberger: Restoring water cycle in Texas (YouTube)
Allegory: Planing trees in the Alps
   (YouTube)  
5/1 MIDTERM EXAM
Review:
Quiz questions
Coriolis questions  
Group Project Part II
Turn in Data Sheets:
   Study Site Logs (paper)
   Bird Survey I
   Traffic Survey I
Tree Survey (if completed or have questions)
5/8 Life History
Film:
   Cane Toads
Start Second Traffic Survey Monday  
5/15 Life History
   Chapter 7
Land Snail (YouTube)
Spores  
Start Second Bird Survey

Group Projects DUE 5/20
   email Traffic Results
   email Tree Results

"Life wil find a way"
 
5/22 Species & Evolution
   Chapter 4
Darwin's Finches
Green Anoles
Iterative evolution in a water bird  
Group Project Results DUE 5/27
   email Bird Results
   email Mackinnon List Results

Data Analysis:
   Bird Mackinnon List
   Bird Point Count
Useful Calculator:
   Bird Diversity
Useful Simple Statistics:
   Standard Deviation
   Standard Error
   Student's T-Test
   Chi-squared Test
5/29 Extinction
   Chapter 5
Populations
   Chapter 6
May 1957 (PDF; see Fig. 1))  
Population Clock
Babies born each day
Hunger Statistics   
6/5 Taiwan's Ecosystems
   Chapters 9 & 10
Group Projects DUE 6/4
   email Traffic Results
   email Tree Results

email Bird Mackinnon List
email Bird Point Count
email draft of slides (PPT)
email draft of script (DOC)
Map of Study Sites  
6/12 Your Ecological Footprints
Taiwan, Consumption,

& Climate Change

A Year of Earth's CO2
Global temperatures 1880-2014
Arctic snow melt 1979-2012
Coconut Carrying Octopus
   Interview & Video    
Group Project FINAL version due 6/18
   email slides (ppt)
   email script (doc)
 
6/19 Group Projects
   Group 1: PPT Script
   Group 2: PPT Script
   Group 3: PPT Script
   Group 4: PPT Script
DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS
   PRINTED Slides (PPT)
       (PPT: 6 slides per page)
   PRINTED Script (DOC)
   ALL original data sheets!
6/26 Holiday  
7/3 FINAL EXAM
Review:
   Quiz questions
  
Extra Credit Due Today  

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