Spring 2007

SENIOR SEMINAR - BIO 495

"Cost of Living: Animal Energetics"

Presenter                                        Topic                                                                                 Date    

------------         Introduction, Establishment of Course Format                                                   Jan. 10 

Hadley                Animal Energetics: An Overview                                                                       Jan. 17 

------------        Open date                                                                                                         Jan. 24

Weber                Comparison of Food Energy Sources                                                                Jan 31

McCall              Measuring Energy Utilization in Free-Roaming Animals                                        Feb 7         

Andrews            Energetic Cost of Avian Flight                                                                            Feb 14

Neisler               Energetic Consequences of Heat Exchange                                                         Feb. 21

Leighton             Energetic Cost of Running (Mammals?)                                                              Feb. 28

Crews                Energetic Cost of Avian Migration                                                                     Mar. 14

Dellinger              Strategies for Food Selection                                                                           Mar. 21

Versteeg              Energetics of Digestion/Assimilation; Gut Design                                               Mar. 28

                           Open date                                                                                                        Apr. 4

Smith                   Energetic Costs of Swimming                                                                           Apr. 11

Waldron              Costs of Reproduction                                                                                     Apr. 18

Cash                    Energetic Costs of Hibernation                                                                         Apr. 25