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Lecture Powerpoints

The powerpoints for all past lectures are linked below.  Note that these do not include all of the information for which you are responsible.  If you are unable to attend a lecture, please make sure you see a fellow class member in order to get the notes.
 

• January 19th: Introductory Lecture
• January 21st: no powerpoint available, Avian Diversity Slide Lecture
• January 23rd: Form & Function, and Niches
• January 28th: Foraging Behavior
• January 30th: Origin of Birds
• February 2nd: Fossil Birds
• February 4th: Speciation
• February 6th: Examples of Speciation
• February 9th: Life of Birds #3 (niches)
• February 11th: Life of Birds #5 (niches)
• February 13th: NO CLASS: FRIDAY THE 13TH, TOO RISKY
• February 16th: Biogeography
• February 18th: Avian Communities
• February 20th: TEST #1
• February 23rd: Flight Systems
• February 25th: Flight
• February 27th: Life of Birds #2 (flight)
• March 1st: Avian Physiology
• March 3rd: Thermoregulation
• SPRING BREAK
• March 15th: Neuroendocrine Cycles
• March 17th: Breeding Cycles
• March 19th: Migration
• March 22nd: Navigation
• March 24th: Flocks
• March 26th: Territories
• March 29th: Vocalizations
• March 31st: Song Learning
• April 2nd: Life of Birds #6 (Song)
• April 5th: TEST #2 (Chapters 4-6, 8, 10-14)
• April 7th: Mating Systems
• April 9th: Sexual Selection
• April 12th: Life of Birds #7 (Courtship)
• April 14th: Cooperative Breeding
• April 16th: Nest and Eggs
• April 19th: Brood Parasites
• April 21st: Parental Care
• April 23rd: Life of Birds #8 (nests)
• April 26th: Life of Birds #9 (parental behavior)
• April 28th: Life History
• April 30th: Demography
• May 3rd: Avian Populations
• May 5th: Avian Conservation
• May 7th: TEST #3 (FINAL EXAM: Chapters 9, 15-21, 24)