BIO-294F: seminar in zoology - topics in mammalogy

Instructor - Dr. G. O. "Geo" Graening

PRESENTATION RESOURCES

Lecture - "Ingredients of the Ideal Scientific Presentation"

Required reading for this presentation: Schwenk et al. 1994  and   Fenolio et al. 2005

Presentation Guidelines - excerpt from McMillan 2006

Students' Contributions to Mammal References and Presentation Resources

PRESENTATIONS and ASSIGNED READINGS

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Required reading for this presentation: Clark et al. 1997

27-Feb-08: "Assigning African elephant DNA to geographic region of origin - applications to the ivory trade" by Lisa Branch

Required reading for this presentation: Wasser et al. 2004

5-Mar-08: "Eusociality in Mole Rats" by Katherine Marquez

Required reading for this presentation: Scantlebury et al. 2006

12-Mar-08: "Sea otters and toxoplasmosis" by Katy Washburn

Required reading for this presentation: Miller et al. 2002

19-Mar-08: "Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forests of the Sierra Nevada" by Robyn Bilski

Required reading for this presentation: Zielinski et al. 2005

26-Mar-08: "DNA Evidence for Pre-whaling Population Size of Gray Whales" by Aaron Avila

Required reading for this presentation: Alter et al. 2007

2-Apr-08: Spring Break

9-Apr-08: "Fecal DNA analysis and risk assessment of mountain lion predation of bighorn sheep" by Emily Kachorek

Required reading for this presentation: Ernest et al. 2002

16-Apr-08: "Evidence of resident jaguars in the southwestern US and implications for conservation" by Dan Worth

Required reading for this presentation: McCain and Childs 2008

23-Apr-08: "Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of Tigers" by Inder Atwal

Required reading for this presentation: Luo et al. 2004

30-Apr-08: "Genetic evidence for the persistence of the native red fox in the Sierra Nevada" by Marcelle Moore

Required reading for this presentation: Perrine et al. 2007

7-May-08: "Plague in Mammals" by Conlin Reis

Required reading for this presentation: Biggins and Kosoy 2001

Supplemental reading: Cully and Williams 2001

14-May-08: "Origin of Locomotion in Whales" by Bianka Bommarito

Required reading for this presentation: Thewissen et al. 1994

 

 

Note: Students will need an e-mail account and computer access to the Web. All Sacramento State students enrolled in one or more units can create a SacLink account for e-mail. Although a home computer with Internet access running Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator would be beneficial, students can access the Internet from one of the campus student labs. Check out System Check and Computer Hardware Recommendations for more information about equipment.

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Last updated: 15 May 2008