Lab Schedule

See below for links to weekly readings for lab meeting dates

Fall 2022

Lab Meetings this semester are recurring every Monday from 5-6 pm. We will alternatve every week reading from Ziegler (2002) Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution and papers relevant to the research of the lab (Morphometrics, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics, etc).

Background image: Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) forest in the Southern Ko'olau Mountains of O'ahu. You can see two varieties, a dark-leaved trichome dense variety (possible var. incana) to the left and a glabrous form to the right

F Sept 2

First Lab meeting of the semester is on a Friday (next Monday is a holiday). Topics: Introductions, projects, semester expectations.

m SEpt 12

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 1-3 (link)

m sept 19

Reading: Yorkston & Daehler (2006) Interfertility between Hawaiian ecotypes of Sida fallax (Malvaceae) and evidence of a hybrid disadvantage. (link to paper)

m sept 26

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 4-8 (link)

m OCT 3

Bullock & Cantley (2022) Exploring evolutionary adaptations of leaf heteroblasty in subspecific taxa of Hawaiian Chenopodium oahuense (link)

m OCT 10

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 9-10 (link)

m OCT 17

Reading: Cole & Morden (2021) Population Divergence and Evolution of the Hawaiian Endemic Sesbania tomentosa (Fabaceae) (link to paper)

m OCT 24

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 11-13 (link)

m OCT 31

Halloween! Reading: Henn et al. (2019) Environmental gradients influence differences in leaf functional traits between native and non‑native plants (link)

M Nov 7

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 14-16 (link)

M NOv 14

Barton et al. (2021) Hawai‘i forest review: Synthesizing the ecology, evolution, and conservation of a model system (link to paper)

M Nov 21

No Lab meeting Fall/Thanksgiving Break!

M NOV 28

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 18, 20, 21 (link)

M Dec 5

Readings: Species Complex Morphometrics (Article TBD)

M Dec 12

Reading: Ziegler 2002 Chapters 23-27 (link)

M Dec 19

Winter Solstice Party in the Herbarium (details forthcoming)