Exam Study
Guide
- The Field
& Lab Practical ...
- is 30% of the
grade.
- is closed
book.
- covers the
questions given as "Lesson Points"
for each topic we covered - see also Material Covered below
- will consist of 15-25 stations
in the field and lab. Each station will
have multipart questions.
- questions will be short
answer/short essay (that is, requiring one to
several sentences).
- be sure to bring snowshoes and
cold weather gear, needed for the field
component of the exam.
- Forecast
for Sunday (as of 2/29/23):
A 40 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing
snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Very
windy, with a west wind 31 to 36 mph increasing
to 39 to 44 mph in the afternoon. Winds could
gust as high as 65 mph.
- Material Covered
in the Practical will be from:
- Lectures
- Field
& Lab Exercises (Exercise results
links)
- Guest
Lecture on: (see 'Lesson
Points' for these lectures below)
- Avalanche
Dynamics -- Spencer Logan
- Readings
- In general see "Resources for
Studying" (below)
- The
material that may be directly taken from the
readings is re
- Plant
Physiology, especially on Plant hardening
-- key aspects = LC p. 48-62 (3rd ed: p.
43-56)
- Mammal & Bird
Physiology -- key aspects = LC p.
90-120 (3rd ed: p. 94-125)
- How to
Structure your Studying? ...
- Review the "Lessons"
for each day's topic –
- Derek's presentation on
Geology will not be directly covered, but
gives you background re Physical Setting
(above).
- Review the
details
that
support these key points –
- For ecosystems &
communities: What key winter processes
occur in these systems? and how do they
contribute to the system's structure?
- For organisms: What are
their key adaptations to winter? - and the
mechanisms behind these adaptations?
- Need to know species
id's? yes and no:
- You are not
responsible for identifying species presented as
specimens in lab activities.
- However, you
are expected to know
common/dominant plant species in the
field (common name ok) -
- Plant ID & Photographic Guide
to Common Conifers of
the Colorado Front Range (pdf,
3M)
- Resources for Studying:
- Use LC
(& supplemental WEH) Readings
to confirm your understanding of material
presented in class & the field.
- Lecture and
Field Handouts -
- Review Exercise
Results and corresponding Discussion notes
- links:
- Winter
Mammalogy Study Guides - by Sheryn Olson
- Winter
Ornithology Study Guide by
Arvind Panjabi (pdf, 70k)
- Includes figures on Clark's Nutcracker &
Wingless-seeded Pines selected from: Made
for Each Other. A Symbiosis of Birds and
Pines, by R.M. Lanner (1996, Oxford
Univ Press).
- Plant
Adaptations Study Guide: Review
readings & handouts
- Conifers'
Bordered Pits: LC, 1st
pages of "Water Supply During Winter" in Ch. 3
= p. 69-73 (3rd ed: p. 68-70)
- Hardening
(as noted above): LC,
"Acclimating to the Cold" = p. 48-62 (3rd ed: p. 43-56)
- Evergreen
strategy: LC,
"The Evergreen
Advantage" = p. 79-83 (3rd ed: p.
76-80)
- Raunkaier
Lifeforms, etc.: handout pdf
(600k)
- don't
forget the plant ID guides noted
above
- Some Guest
Presentations are downloadable -
- Not covered by the exam, but fyi -
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Winter Ecology - Field Exam Study
Guide