ADVANCED LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Zoology/Forest/Botany 879

Syllabus, Spring 2008

Wednesdays: Generally, short lecture + discussion of assigned readings from the recent primary literature; always meets in 163 Noland Hall [NH]

Fridays: Seven of these will be labs, located in the New Media Center, Helen C. White [HCW]; otherwise, meetings will be in 163 Noland Hall [NH].

Special and unique opportunity this year: The 2008 landscape ecology symposium will be held this year in Madison, April 6-10. Students are strongly encouraged to attend as much as possible!

For all the details, see: http://www.usiale.org/madison2008/

Text (for background and quantitative information):

Turner, M. G., R. H. Gardner, and R. V. O’Neill. 2001. Landscape ecology in theory and practice. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Lab:

Gergel, S. E. and M. G. Turner, editors. 2002. Learning landscape ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Abbreviated as LLE]

Dates	Topic and location	Text chapters	Deadlines and notes
Wed Jan 23	Course introduction and logistics [NH]	--	--
Fri Jan 25	Scope of landscape ecology; conceptual issues; scale concepts; foundations [NH]	1 & 2	Kent 2007, Fu and Lu 2006. Stohlgren seminar at 3:30 pm in Birge Hall.
Wed Jan 30	Causes of landscape pattern [NH]	4	Black et al. 2003, Ernoult et al. 2006, Schulte et al. 2007,
Fri Feb 1	Landscape ecology comes of age (Extended discussion) [NH]	--	Special Feature in Ecology (2005) on landscape ecology.
Wed Feb 6	Long-term landscape development— Paleoecological studies, disturbance and land-use legacies	--	Jackson 2006, Baker et al. 1996, Dupouey et al. 2002, Faison et al. 2006.
Fri Feb 8 LAB	Lab #1 [HCW] Introduction to Markov models	LLE Chap 4	--
Wed Feb 13	Quantifying pattern Why, data and errors, caveats, start metrics	5 (pp. 93-108)	Li and Wu 2004, Teixido et al. 2007, Dorner et al. 2002, Fall et al. 2007
Fri Feb 15 LAB	Lab #2 [HCW] Understanding landscape metrics I	LLE Chap 5	Lab #1 write up due.
Wed Feb 20	Quantifying pattern, cont’d: Landscape metrics and interpretation; multiple metrics	5 (pp. 108-125)	Wu 2004, Fortin et al. 2003, Remmel and Csillag 2003, Cardille et al. 2005. Independent project proposals due today.
Fri Feb 22 LAB	Lab #2, cont’d [HCW] Understanding landscape metrics, continued	LLE Chap 5	--
Wed Feb 27	Spatial statistics Why, how, and how these methods are used	5 (pp. 125-end)	Bolstad et al. 2003, Schwarz et al. 2003, Murwira & Skidmore 2005, Mayor et al. 2007.
Fri Feb 29 LAB	Lab #3 [HCW] Scale detection using semivariograms and autocorrelograms	LLE Chap 10	Lab #2 write up due.
Wed Mar 5	Landscape models –neutral landscape models, spatial models	3 & 6	Perry and Enright 2006, Strayer et al. 2003, Gardner and Urban 2007, Minor and Urban 2007.
Fri Mar 7 LAB	Lab #4 [HCW] Neutral landscape models	LLE Chap 9	Lab #3 write up due.
Wed Mar 12	Disturbance and landscapes– Reciprocal pattern-process, thresholds, interactions	7	Perry 2002, Leroux et al. 2007, Kulakowski and Veblen 2007, Allen 2007.
Fri Mar 14	Landscape ecology, climate change, disease (extended discussion) [NH]	--	Ostfeld et al. 2006, Holdenrieder et al. 2004, Plantegenest et al. 2007, Despommier et al. 2006, Brownstein et al. 2005, Jackson et al. 2005. Lab #4 write up due. Midterm distributed (take home, due in 2 weeks)
Mar 19/21	Spring Break
Wed Mar 26	Organisms and landscapes—multi species interactions, trophic cascades, animal movement, habitat use	8	Murphy and Lovett-Doust 2004, Henry et al. 2007, Hebblewhite et al. 2005, Dormann et al. 2007.
Fri Mar 28 LAB	Lab #5 [HCW] Landscape context	LLE Chap 14	Midterm due.
Wed Apr 2	Spatial heterogeneity and ecosystem processes– approaches, feedbacks from organisms, when does space matter? [NH]	9	Jenerette and Wu 2004, Groffman et al. 2006, Bennett et al. 2005, Burcher et al. 2007.
Fri Apr 4 LAB	Lab #6 [HCW] Modeling ecosystem processes	LLE 18	Lab #5 write up due; MEG symposium this afternoon; Clark seminar
Wed Apr 9	US-IALE meeting, Apr 6-10, Monona Terrace	--	You are strongly encouraged to attend; student helpers get free registration.
Fri Apr 11	Discussion of the US-IALE meeting	--
Wed Apr 16	Applied landscape ecology—Land use change, invasive species	10	With 2002, Kumar et al. 2006, Pejchar et al. 2007, Lindemayer et al. 2008.
Fri Apr 18	Emerging directions – Landscape ecology and ecosystem services	--	Cumming 2007, Kreme et al. 2007, Swift et al. 2004, Tscharntke et al. 2005. Lab #6 write up due.
Wed Apr 23	Emerging directions– Landscape genetics	--	Manel et al. 2003, Hoderegger and Wagner 2006, Holderegger et al. 2006, Storfer et al. 2007.
Fri Apr 25	Future directions–where does landscape ecology go from here?	11	TBA
Wed Apr 30	Student presentations I [NH]	--	--
Fri May 2	Student presentations II [NH]	--
Wed May 7	Student presentations III [NH]	--	--
Fri May 9	Student presentations IV [NH]	--	--
TBA	Final exam time slot	--	Final project report due at our assigned exam time.