Students enrolled in Population and Community Biology elect one of six laboratory sections. Lab sections meet on Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 2:00-4:52 PM and include computer simulations, hands-on laboratory exercises, and field trips.

Lab Syllabus

Lab Instructors and Student Assistants

Week	Title/Handout	Link	Data	Notes and Background Reading	Grader
1 1/19	Darwin 's finches - (pdf)(word) (one handout for both weeks)	Evolution Lab online
2 1/26		Evolution Lab online		Fitness Landscapes Adaptive Radiation
3 2/2	Phylogenetic Systematics - (pdf) (word)		Vertebrates.nex Primate worksheet.nex	Intro slides
4 2/10	Molecular Systematics: Influenza Evolution - (pdf) (word)	NIH Influenza Resources Tree of Life Web	ReidDNA.nex ReidAA.nex	Journal article on resurrecting the 1918 flu that forms the basis for the Week 4 lab.
5 2/16	Ecological and Environmental Debates	Debate library resource page			n.a.
6 2/23	Ecological and Environmental Debates				n.a
7 3/2	Human Demography - Cemetery Field Trip		MONDAY TUESDAY	Life Table Powerpoint Presentation
8 3/16	Sampling Theory in Virtual Forests			Sampling introduction
9 3/23	Competition & Predator-Prey Interactions	EcoSampler online	MONDAY TUESDAY
10 3/30	Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis	EcoBeaker online
11 4/6	Landscape Change & Restoration Ecology - Montandon Marsh Field Trip	Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy Click here to learn more about conservation easements.		Journal article about the Montandon Wetlands. Journal article about creating wetlands from old mines.
12 4/13	Pollination Ecology -- Bucknell Natural Area Field Trip
13 4/20	Old-growth Communities & Forest Succession - Tall Timbers Field Trip	Directions to Tall Timbers Powerpoint Photo Albums: 2003 2004 2005		Journal article about succession at the Tall Timbers Natural Area	n.a.