BIO 3610  -- Personal Inquiry Project (PIP) Resources


General Information:

1.    Dates of Presentation -- see online Course Schedule

2.    Your Presentation -- Suggested Format and Evaluation Criteria

Chosen Topics Spring, 2010 :

Topic
Literature Resources in "S:\BIO 3610\PIP Resources" by Topic Number

#02 Phenology of Flowering and Climate Change -- Ben Kilian

Miller-Rushing, A.J. and D.W. Inouye. 2009. Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species. American J. Botany 96(10): 1823-1829.

#03 Priming of Plants to Resist Herbivory
-- Allison McClain

Engelberth, J. H.T. Alborn, E.A. Schmeltz, J.H Tumlinson. 2004. Airborn signals prime plants against herbivore attack. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:1781-1785.

#05 Shade-Avoidance Response in Plants
-- Doug Sponsler

Salter, M.G., K.A. Franklin, and G.C. Whitelam. 2003. Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants. Nature 426: 680-683.

#06 Energy Metabolism in Lizards under Stress. -- Amy Ouellette

DuRant, S.E. W.A. Hopkins, L.G. Talent 2007. Energy acquisition and allocation in an ectothermic predator exposed to a common environmental stressor. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 145 (2007) 442–448.

#09 Temperature and Photoperiod Effects on Rodent Species -- Rebekah Jones

Wang, De-Hua, et al. 1999. Effects of temperature and photoperiod on thermogenesis in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) and root voles (Microtus oeconomus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 169(1):77–83.

#11 Seasonal Thermogenesis and Body Mass Regulation in Pikas
-- Micah Yarbrough

Jian-Mei Wang, Yan-Ming Zhang, De-Hua Wang. 2006. Seasonal thermogenesis and body mass regulation in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae). Oecologia 149:373–382.



 

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