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