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THERMOREGULATION
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THERMOREGULATION
This class is a graduate-level class in which we will discuss recent research in body temperature regulation. This includes research in the physiology, anatomy, and behavior of thermoregulation, the energetic (and therefore, evolutionary) consequences of maintaining a constant body temperature, and the various factors that affect thermoregulatory ability. A wide variety of organisms will be covered.
FORMAT: This class will meet once per week for 60-90 minutes. For the first six weeks, we will be reading the text book, and the discussion will be co-led by one student and the instructor. This student is responsible for bringing into the discussion some additional information/data, and the readings listed at the back of the book are recommended for this. In addition, during the first three (3) weeks, students will locate fairly recent (1995+) research articles (or book chapters) on thermoregulation in their favorite group of animals/plants. There articles then be shared with the class, with the student making a PowerPoint presentation and leading the discussion. Each student will do at least TWO presentations, of about 20-30 minutes. The deadline for locating the papers that you will present is Sept. 13th. Send me the citations for the two papers you'd like to present by e-mail, so that I can approve them, and compile them into a reading list for the class topic, and put them into the schedule.
TEXT: Body Heat: Temperature and Life on Earth. In addition to this small book, written in a non- technical way, you will be reading related papers in the scientific literature.
GRADING: In a class like this, it is not possible to escape the subjective nature of assigning a grade. There will be 25 points for each presentation, 20 points for leading discussion of a book chapter, and 30 points for class participation on the weeks that you are not presenting. If you tend to fit the "quiet observer" type of personality, you will be hurting yourself in this class if you do not force yourself to ask questions, offer your opinion, and otherwise enter into the discussions. Remember, several students may have the same question, so those who ask first will help the others, and help their class participation scores at the same time. Also keep in mind that the quality of the questions are at least as important as the quantity, so think about your questions on the weekly readings (even write them down) before coming to class.
This class is taught with the affirmative action/equal opportunity
philosophy. Inquires or concerns should be directed to the Jana Estergard, Equal
Opportunity officer (836-4252 or www.missouristate.edu/human/eoaa/), the instructor, or
the Biology Department Head.
Anyone with a handicap which might affect their performance or participation in
this class should contact the instructor and/or Katheryne Staeger-Wilson at
Disability Services (836-4129 or
www.missouristate.edu/disability ).
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
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Chapter or Presentation |
Presenter |
| Aug 27 | Introduction | Dr. Tomasi |
| Sept 3 | 1. Temperature: A User’s Guide | Dr. Tomasi |
| 10 | 2. Behave Yourself 3. Then Bake at 98.6 for 400,000 min. |
Christin Brandy |
| 17 | 4. Everything in its Place 5. Cold New World |
Brad Anna |
| 24 | 6. Fever all through the night 7. The Heat of Passion |
Adam Miranda |
| Oct 1 | 8. Living off the Fat 9. The Light Goes Out |
Evan |
| 8 | Holiday | |
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15 |
NO CLASS | |
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22 |
NO CLASS |
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29 |
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Dr. Tomasi |
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Nov 5 |
NO CLASS |
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12 |
Diel movements of bat rays, Myliobatis californica, in Tomales Bay, California: Evidence for behavioral thermoregulation?. By: Matern, Scott A.; Cech, Joseph J., Jr.; Hopkins, Todd E.; Environmental Biology of Fishes, June, 2000, v. 58, iss. 2, pp. 173-182 Blouin-Demers, Gabriel, and Patrick J. Weatherhead. 2001. An experimental test of the link between foraging, habitat selection and thermoregulation in black rat snakes, Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 1006-1013. I. J. MCGAW, 2003. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Hemigrapsus nudus, the Amphibious Purple Shore Crab. Biol. Bull. 204: 38–49. George S. Bakken, Joseph B. Williams, and Robert E. Ricklefs. 2002. Metabolic response to wind of downy chicks of Artic-breeding shorebirds (Scolopacidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 3435-3443 |
Adam Crane
Angela Shirley
Brad Mormann |
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McCue, Marshall D., and Harvey B. Lillywhite. 2002. Oxygen Consumption and the Energetics of Island-Dwelling Flordia Cottonmouth Snakes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75(2): 165-178. The Influence of Nest Temperatures and Maternal Brooding on Hatchling Phenotypes in Water Pythons. Shine, R., T. Madsen, M. Elphick, and P. Harlow. Ecology, 78:6. 1713-1721. Callahan, Edward V., Ronald D Drobney, and Richard L Clawson. "Selection of Summer Roosting Sites By Indiana Bats In Missouri". Journal of Mammology, 78(3):818-825, 1997. The influence of temperature on the activity and water use of farmed mink (Mustela vison). Animal Science (Penicuik), February 2003, Vol. 76, iss. 1 Cited March 7, 2003, pp. 111-118 |
Brandy Williamson Evan Menzel
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26 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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Dec 3 |
David A. S. Rosen & Andrew W. Trites. 2003. No Evidence for Bioenergetic Interaction between Digestion and Thermoregulation in Steller Sea Lions Eumetopias jubatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(6):899–906. Physiological thermoregulation in bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus. By: Holland, Kim N.; Sibert, John R.; Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1994, v. 40, iss. 3, pp. 319-327. Roberts, S.P. and J.F. Harrison. 1998. Mechanisms of thermoregulation in flying bees. American Zoologist (38)492-502. Richter, Andreas R, Stephen R Humphrey, James B Cope, and Virgil Brach Jr. "Modified Cave Entrances: Thermal Effect on Body Mass and Resulting Decline of Endangered Indiana Bats". Conservation Biology, Vol 7, No 2, June 1993. |
Angela Shirley
Christin Dzurick |
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FINALS WEEK – Wed (12/15) 1:15 – 3:15 Park, K.J., G. Jones, and R.D. Ransome. 2000. Torpor, arousal and activity of hibernating greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Functional Ecology (14)580-588. Heat tolerance of short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in the field. J. of Thermal Biology, 2002, Vol. 27, iss. 6, pp. 449-457 Paul M. Cryan and Blair O. Wolf. 2003. Sex differences in the thermoregulation and evaporative water loss of a heterothermic bat, Lasiurus cinereus, during its spring migration. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 3381-3390 B. S. JONES, W. F. LYNN and M. O. STONE. 2001 Thermal Modeling of Snake Infrared Reception: Evidence for Limited Detection Range. J. of Theoretical Biology, 209:201-211 |
Miranda Milam
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