Listen to this podcast on herpetology
TOL page on
amniotes
TOL page on
temporal fenestrae
Ohio DNR page on
turtles and lepidosaurs
Good pages on Ohio
salamanders and frogs
Listen to this
podcast on frogs for Monday
Amphibian
feeding and breathing
An excellent webpage on the
fishes of ohio
And some nice ecological information on FW fishes

Reading assignments
Phylogenetic systematics - read for 8/27
Origin of Chordates - posted in
eReserves read for 8/29 and 9/3
Rychel et al. (2005) and questions - due in lecture 9/5
Getting a Head - posted in
eReserves - read for 9/10
Fish with Fingers - posted in
eReserves - read for 10/1
Warkentin et al. (2006) - listen to this interview with her
Whitfield and Pierce (2005) - answers to questions due in lecture 10/31

Thought questions for Hsieh and Lauder (2004) - for lab this week
1. Does surface tension play a role in water-running ability among lizards?
2. What is the primary locomotor challenge when running on water?
3. How does size affect water running ability?
4. What types of morphological adaptations might basilisks have that
facilitate their water-running abilities?

Thought questions for The Thanksgiving Day Dinosaur
To be posted soon


Science literature resources
ISI citation database
Pubmed
Ohio Link Electronic Journal Center
BioMed Central
Public Library of Science
Biological Bulletin - articles older than 6 months are free access
Journal of Experimental Biology - articles older than 6 months are free access
Nature - full free access on campus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Blogs and Podcasts
Quirks and quarks

Recommendations for further reading