Review the articles and response to the following questions:
1. The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses-With this method the dangers of parental affection for a favorite theory can be circumvented. by T. C. Chamberlin
2. Revisiting Chamberlin: Multiple Working Hypotheses for the 21st Century by LOUIS P. ELLIOTT AND BARRY W. BROOK
Article Discussion Possible Questions: Other questions are possible, so if you have a question that is somewhat related to what we have discussed in class, then suggest that.
Article Discussion.1: (Instructor-led)
How should scientists approach the study of the natural world?
Article Discussion.2:
What environmental traits determine the geographic range of a species?
How to species respond to climate change?
Are native or invasive species better able to adapt to environmental change?
How do animals (or plants) live in the desert with such little water?
Why can some fish live in freshwater, some in salt water, and some can live in either?
How do plants maintain homeostasis of energy production under various environmental conditions?
How do organisms optimize their time when obtaining energy?
Article Discussion.3:
What are the costs and benefits of direct versus indirect development?
What environmental conditions cause variation in modes of reproduction? (between species or within one species)
Why do some organisms produce few offspring while other produce many?
What factors determine when an organism begins to reproduce?
What is better for a larvae to do, develop fast an metamorphose when small or develop more slowly and metamorphose when large?
How do different dispersal methods affect population connectivity?
What factors influence the magnitude of population dispersal?
Are (or when are) some methods of measuring abundance better/worse than others?
How does [insert some aspect of population demographics] influence change in population growth?
What ecological circumstances lead to different types of survival curves (or reproductive timing) in a species (or different species)?
What exerts more influence on populations of [insert species], density-dependent or density independent processes?
How to population outbreaks affect an ecosystem (or community)?
Can population cycles be predicted? How? (Or what factors determine population cycles?)
How impact does the allee have on a population?