Proposed Schedule For
BIOGEODIVERSITY LABORATORY

SUMMER-FALL 2002

MAY	INTRODUCTION AND ASSIGNMENTS AT SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY PREASSESSMENT
AUGUST 9	MEET AT ECOLOGY LABORATORY FSH 224 (9AM). GRADED DISCUSSION BASED ON YOUR ASSIGNED READINGS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.  POST ASSESSMENT BASED ON READINGS. INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY  THE CONCEPT OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY. MEET AT HOME OF JACK HOLT 5PM
AUGUST 10	FSH 224 9AM; SAMPLE TREES AND UNDERSTORY PLANTS OF SHIKELLAMY STATE PARK IN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY. LOCATE AND BEGIN TO DESCRIBE YOUR ONE SQUARE METER PLOT.
AUGUST 11	LEAVE FOR PUERTO RICO BY VAN FROM SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY AT 9AM DEPART NEWARK 4:10PM, ARRIVE SAN JUAN 8PM.
AUGUST 12	8:30AM BEACH SEMINAR 10AM OLD SAN JUAN CULTURE WALK 7PM KAYAK TRIP IN LAGUNA GRANDE NEAR FAJARDO
AUGUST 13	10 AM VISIT DRY FOREST ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND VISIT COFFEE PLANTATION TRAVEL TO EL YUNQUE RAINFOREST SAMPLE A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY
AUGUST 14	UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
AUGUST 15	UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO: COQUI FROG - RAFAEL JOGLAR
AUGUST 16	CORAL REEF SEMINAR ALL DAY
AUGUST 17	ARECIBO RADIOTELESCOPE BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE KARST REGION EVALUATE YOUR PEERS WITHIN YOUR TEAM
AUGUST 18	RETURN TO PENNSYLVANIA. DEPART SAN JUAN 11AM, ARRIVE NEWARK 2:57PM
WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 1	ADDITIONAL JOURNAL ENTRIES, PARTICULARLY OF THE SMALL PLOT DUE
SEPTEMBER 20	FOREST ANALYSIS PAPER DUE
NOVEMBER 15	SMALL PLOT PAPER DUE
NOVEMBER 15	EVALUATE YOUR PEERS WITHIN YOUR TEAM