Plant Ecology (BIO 4213/6213)

 

 

Syllabus

 

Lecture notes

 

Exam info

 

Template for paper summaries

 

 

EXAM INFO 2008 - here

 

 

Group presentation for Ecological Engineers paper (powerpoint - 22 March)

 

 

Lab-related Information:

 

1. Data for Excel Projects 2. Excel Project Handout 3. Stats Project Handout 4. Data Analysis Project Handout
5. Abiotic Methods Handout 6. Biotic Methods Handout 7. Lab Project Handout 8. Lab Report Guidelines
9. Disc Golf Data (2008) 10. Disc Golf Plot Data 11. Disc Golf Data (2006)  12. Disc Golf Data (2007)
Literature Search Materials Library Project Handout

Biological Abstracts  

Literature Search Database

Cambridge Abstracts  

Literature Search Database
How to Search - MSU Libraries Info Research Guides - MSU Libraries Google Scholar Literature Search Agricola  Literature Search

 

 

Other resources to assist with lab:

 

Soils map text for Oktibbeha County  

(where you'll find information on the individual soil types present in our surveyed area)

 

Map page for the Disc Golf area

(indicates the soils present at different plots/areas - on an old aerial photo)

 

USDA PLANTS database

(information on species present - can be searched by scientific or common name)

 

 

 

Some important readings from previous semesters*:

 

Limestone prairies of Wilcox County, Alabama by Roland Harper

 

Relationship between sunfleck dynamics and Red Fir seedling distribution by Ustin et al.

 

Clonal growth in Typha latifolia by Dickerman and Wetzel

 

Nature and structure of the climax  by F. E. Clements.

 

The structure and development of the plant association by H. A. Gleason

 

Human-caused environmental change by Tilman and Lehman

 

*This semester's readings are available at the "readings" web page (/readings/).

 

 

Instructor contact info:

 

Gary N. Ervin

(662) 325-1203      gervin (at) biology.msstate.edu

 

Dept of Biol Sciences

223 Harned Hall

Mississippi State, MS 39762