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Instructor: Prof. Ulrich
Mueller Teaching
Assistant: Ray Engeszer
Office hours: by
appointment, Patterson 629 Office
hours: TBA
E-mail:
umueller@mail.utexas.edu E-mail:
rayeng@mail.utexas.edu Tel:
475-6164 or 232-9308
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
TOPIC* LECTURE
READING DISCUSSION READING DISCUSSION READING
Aug 28 Thu The
scope of behavioral ecology K&D**
chapter 1 Week 1 Week 1
Course organization &
overview no
discussion sections no
discussion sections
Sep 2 Tue Behavior
as an adaptation Sherman
1988 Week 2 Week 2
Sep 4 Thu Hypothesis
testing, levels of analysis K&D
chapter 12, 284-290 Williams
1966, chapter 1 Gould &
Lewontin 1979;
Sep 4 Thu PAPER
1 ASSIGNED Williams
1966, chapter 1
Sep 9 Tue Reciprocity Trivers
1971 Week 3 Week 3
Sep 11 Thu Indirect
reciprocity and reputation K&D
chapter 11, 265-283 Fisher 1980;
Trivers 1971 Fisher 1980;
Trivers 1971
Student Presentations 1
Sep 16 Tue Kin
selection and altruism Griffin
& West 2002 Week 4 Week 4
Sep 18 Thu Reproductive
skew Clutton-Brock
1998 Reeve & Nonacs 1992; Reeve & Nonacs 1992;
Student Presentations 2 Clutton-Brock
et al. 2001 Clutton-Brock et al. 2001
Sep 18 Thu PAPER 1 DUE THURSDAY SEPT 18 BY MIDNIGHT, PER E-MAIL TO:
umueller@mail.utexas.edu
Sep 23 Tue Eusociality K&D
chapter 9, 203-219 Week 5 Week 5
Student Presentations 3 Crespi 2001 Strassmann et al.
2000; Strassmann et al. 2000;
Sep 25 Thu Guest
lecture: Joan Strassmann Kessin
2000 Kessin
2000; Queller et al. 2003;
Crespi
& Springer 2003
Sep 30 Tue Guest
lecture: Joel Sachs Sachs
et al. 2004 Week 6 Week 6
Oct 2 Thu Mutualism West
2001 West
et al. 2001;
Student Presentations 4 West
et al. 2002
Oct 7 Tue EXAM I Bourke
1995, chapter 2 Week 7 Week 7
Oct 9 Thu Levels
of selection Boehm
1997 Leigh
& Vermeij 2002
Student Presentations 5
(over)
REPRODUCTION
AND PARENTAL INVESTMENT
Oct 14 Tue Reproductive
value, & sex ratio allocation K&D chapter 9, 220-227 Week
8 Week
8
Oct 16 Thu Mate
competition & relatedness asymmetry Mehdiabadi
et al. 2003 Trivers & Hare 1976; Trivers & Hare 1976;
Student Presentations 6 Mehdiabadi et al. 2003 Mehdiabadi
et al. 2003
Oct 21 Tue Parent-offspring
conflict Godfrey
1999; Trivers 1974 Week 9 Week
9
Oct 23 Thu Infanticide
and siblicide Mock
& Parker 1998 Hager &
Johnstone 2003 Hager & Johnstone
2003;
Student Presentations 7 Trivers
1974
Oct 28 Tue Mating
systems K&D
chapter 6 Week 10 Week 10
Student Presentations 8 Emlen
& Oring 1977 Owens 2002;
Oct 30 Thu EXAM
II Emlen
& Oring 1977
SEXUAL
SELECTION
Nov 4 Tue Sexual
selection I K&D
chapter 8 Week 11 Week 11
Nov 6 Thu Sexual
selection II Ryan
et al. 1990; Ryan 1998 Ryan et al. 1990;
Ryan 1998
Student Presentations 9
Nov 11 Tue Guest lecture: Mike Ryan Week 12 Week 12
Nov 13 Thu Female
control and cryptic choice K&D
chapter 6 Wilkinson
& Reillo 1994; Wilkinson &
Reillo 1994;
Student Presentations 10 Wilkinson
et al. 1998; Wilkinson et
al. 1998;
Hurst
& Pomiankowski 1998 Hurst &
Pomiankowski 1998
Nov 18 Tue Sperm
competition K&D
chapter 6 Week 13 Week 13
Nov 18 GRANT DUE NOV
18 IN CLASS Rice
1996; Rice
1996;
Nov 20 Thu Sexual
conflict Lessells
1999 Chapman &
Partridge 1996; Chapman & Partridge 1996;
Student Presentations 11 Pizzari
& Birkhead 2000 Pizzari
& Birkhead 2000
Nov 25 Tue Evolutionary
psychology I Daly
& Wilson 1999 Week 14 Week 14
no
discussion sections no
discussion sections
Nov 27 Thu No
class – Thanksgiving break
Dec 2 Tue Evolutionary
psychology II Daly
& Wilson 1999 Week 15 Week 15
Student Presentations 12 Buss
2000 Buss
2000
Dec 4 Thu EXAM III
***
* Dates and topics may change slightly.
** K&D = JR Krebs and NB Davis, Behavioral
Ecology (4th edition), Blackwell Science, 1997.
*** There will be no exam during finals week. Exam III is given instead of the final exam.