Reading Assignments for 11/30 - 12/2

Tuesday, Nov. 30 - BioControl II

A reading and a homework assignment for today's class:

• Read: "Developing the options for managing marine pests: specificity trials on the parasitic castrator, Sacculina carcini, against the European crab, Carcinus maenas, and related
  species." by R.E. Thresher, M. Werner, J.T. Høeg, I. Svane, H. Glenner, N.E. Murphy, and C. Wittwer. 2000. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. v. 254 pp. 37-51. [on Prometheus]
  
  
• Homework: Come to class prepared to discuss:
  
  1. What biological controls have been used -or- could be used for your study species?
     
  2. Do you think "parasitic castration" can be an effective biocontrol in a marine environment? In any environment?

Thursday, Dec. 2 - Fire Ecology

Guest speaker: Julie Richburg, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• "Effects of Alien Plants on Fire Regimes" by Brooks, M. L., C. M. D’Antonio, D. M. Richardson, J. B. Grace, J. E. Keeley, J. M. DiTomaso, R. J. Hobbs, M. Pellant, and D. Pyke. 2004. Bioscience 54(7) pp. 677-688. [.pdf]

We will also use Thursday's class to finish up our discussion of invasive species controls.