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Field Biology Calendar; Spring 1996

This schedule is a living document, it will be revised in practice, if not on paper,
to reflect weather conditions and other vagaries of daily life.
Biol. 142 Field Biology
Spring 1996
 Paul Maslin; Holt 248
Office Hours M 1-3; Th 10-12
or call 5757 for appointment
Month Day Activity Reading*
Jan 30 Introduction.....Gender & F.Biol. ---
Lab Field Trip (FT) Campus ---
Feb 1 Evolution, Natural Selection 208-216
6 Birds ---
Lab FT Chico Sewage Plant ---
8 Introduction to Ecology 8-25, 26-66
13 Energy 67-107
Lab FT Feather River ---
15 Biological Magnification 67-107
20 Materials ---
Lab FT North Slope (Bidwell Park) 240-243
22 Limiting Factors 129-133
27 Amphibians and Reptiles ---
Lab FT Grasslands (Vina) ---
29 Monera, Protista, Fungi ---
Mar 5 Populations 150-186
Lab FT Foothill Woodland ---
7 Populations (Cont.) 150-186
12 Communities 220-256
Lab FT Chaparral (Crown Point) 32, 135, 201-202, 245-245
14 Communities (Cont.) 220-256
19 Catch-up & Review ---
Lab FT Forest (Forest Ranch) 242-249
21 MID TERM ---
26 Invertebrates ---
Lab FT Edaphic Factors (Magalia) ---
28 Fire 135-136, 32, 138
Apr 9 Mammals ---
Lab Museum / Greenhouse ---
11 Biogeography ---
16 Ecosystem Evolution 205-219
Lab FT Bidwell Park or Vina or ? ---
18 Ecosystem Stability 58
23 Vertebrates - Fish ---
Lab FT Chico Creek wet 220-234
25 Ecosystem Succession 186-205
30 Human-produced wastes 8-25
Lab FT Ponds (Horseshoe Lake) wet 220-234
May 2 Animal Behavior ---
7 Rivers 220-234
Lab FT Sacramento River wet 220-234
9 The Unique Role of Humans 257-271, 1-8
14 Toward an Environmental Ethic ---
Lab FT (?) ---
16 Overview ---
20 FINAL 10:00-12:00 ---
*Eugene. P. Odum. Ecology and Our Endangered Life-Support Systems.