Tentative Reading Assignments: Discussions

Aug. 30 Reading Assignment One
  West, M.J. and A.P. King.  1990.  Mozart’s Starling.  American Scientist pp. 85-93
Sept 11 Reading Assignment Two
Robinson, G.  From Society to genes with the honey bee.  American Scientist pp. 60-66
Sept 20 Reading Assignment Three
 Schoech, S.J.  Physiology of helping in Florida Scrub-Jays.  American Scientist pp. 101-108
Sept 27 Reading Assignment Four
 Wingfield, J.C., G.F. Ball, A.M. Dufty, R.E. hegner and M. Ramenofsky.  Testosterone and Aggression in Birds.  American scientist.  pp. 94-100
Oct. 11  Reading Assignment Five
May, M.  Aerial defense tactics of flying insects.  American Scientist pp. 121-133
Oct 23 Reading Assignment Six
Holekamp, K.E. and P.W. Sherman.  Why male ground squirrels disperse.  American Scientist  pp. 52-59
Nov 6 Reading Assignment Seven
Borgia, G.  1995.  Why do bowerbirds build bowers?  American Scientist pp. 156-161
Nov 20 Reading Assignment Eight
Warner, R.R.  Mating behavior and hermaphroditism in coral reef fishes.  American Scientist  pp. 219-227
Nov 29 Reading Assignment Nine

Heinrich, B. and J. Marzluff.  Why ravens share?  American Scientist pp. 264-271