Instructor: Laurie Anderson
Office: 341 Howe/Russell
Phone: 388-2153
E-mail: laurie@aapg.geol.lsu.edu
Office Hours: Open.
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| Aug. 22 | Organization |
| Aug. 27/29 | Review of Environments/Habitats |
| Sept. 3/5 | Uniformitarianism in Paleoecology |
| Sept. 10/12 | Populations in Paleoecology |
| Weekend | Field Trip (2 days)--Modern Coastal Environments (Chenier Plain) |
| Sept. 17/19 | The Paleocommunity |
| Sept. 24/26 | Measures of Diversity, Recognizing Associations, Etc. |
| Oct. 1/3 | Taphonomy: Preservation Filters |
| Oct. 8/10 | Taphonomy: Fossils as Sedimentary Grains |
| Oct. 15/17 | Reconstructing Animal Behavior: Trace Fossils |
| Weekend | Field Trip (3 days)--Tertiary Gulf Coastal Plain |
| Oct. 22/24 | Reconstructing Animal Behavior: Functional Morphology/Biotic Interactions |
| Oct. 29/31 | GSA--No Class this week. |
| Nov. 5/7 | Biogeochemistry |
| Nov. 12/14 | Evolutionary Paleoecology: Coordinated Stasis |
| Nov. 19/21 | Evolutionary Paleoecology: Recoveries from Mass Extinctions |
| Nov. 26 | Paleoecology and Global Change Research |
| Dec. 3/5 | Overflow |
| Dec. 9 | 7:30 a.m. Final |
Texts
Dodd and Stanton. 1990. Paleoecology: Concepts and
Applications, 2nd edition.
Brown. 1995. Macroecology.
Other Readings (journal articles/book chapters):
To be announced.
Grade Distribution
Field Notebook 10%
Journal of Class Readings 30%
Research Paper 20%
Midterm Exam 20%
Final 20%
Format
The course will be 50% lecture and 50% discussion.
I plan on introducing each topic with a short introductory lecture, then
spend the rest of class time discussing a couple of readings on that topic.
Each of you will be in charge of helping pick out reading(s) and leading
class discussion for one topic during the semester. A journal you keep
about class readings is a large proportion of your grade so I encourage
you to keep up with the readings and be ready to discuss them in class.