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Ornithology 114A

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Spring 2006

Syllabus

Lecture Notes:

Week 1 Origin and Diversity of Birds
Week 2 Structures and Mechanics of Flight
Week 3 Physiology I
Week 4 Physiology II
Week 5 Avian Flu
Week 6 Patterns and Mechanisms of Migration
Week 7 Communication, Visual and Vocal
Week 8 Social Behavior and Mating Systems
Week 9 (a) Demography
Week 9 (b) Competition, Adaptation and Speciation
Week 10 (a) Conservation I
Week 10 (b) Conservation II: Hawaii

 

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