Voici la liste des cours dans lesquels GBD est, ou
a été, impliqué.
Tous les cours ne sont pas offerts à chaque année.
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Here are the courses in which GBD is, or has been,
involved. Not all courses are offered each year.
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Vidéos d'enseignement |
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Teaching videos |
- Herps of QUBS (33 MB, 2 min, mov format): Pictures of all the reptiles and amphibians one can encounter at the Queen's University Biological Station. (Stromae: Alors on danse)
- La vie d'un crapaud (78 Mo, 4 min, format mov): Vidéo sur la reproduction des crapauds que GBD utilise comme introduction dans son cours de comportement animal. (Bloodhound Gang: Bad Touch)
- 2004-2010 herpetology (33 MB, 1 min, mov format): Group pictures from OUPFB herpetology field course GBD offered with Steve Lougheed. (Zachary Richard: Snake Bite Love)
- 2005 Costa Rica (34 MB, 2 min, mov format): Pictures from OUPFB tropical ecology field course GBD offered with David Currie. (Buena Vista Social Club: Chan Chan)
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2006 Arizona (22 MB, 1.5 min, mov format): Pictures from a graduate field course in Arizona. (America: Horse With No Name)
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2007 Costa Rica (23 MB, 3 min, mov format): Pictures from OUPFB tropical ecology field course GBD offered with Thor Arnason. (Los fabulosos Cadillacs: Matador)
- 2009 Costa Rica (17 MB, 1 min, mov format): Pictures from OUPFB tropical ecology field course GBD offered with David Currie. (Buena Vista Social Club: El cuarto de Tula)
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Séminaire
EVS / EVS Seminar (EVS4904)
Discussion des recherches récentes et courantes
en sciences de l'environnement basée sur des séminaires.
Présentations orales inclues. Pour les étudiants en spécialisation
en Sciences environnementales.
Seminar based discussion of recent and current research in environmental
science. Includes an oral presentation. For students in the Environmental
Science honours program only.
Projet de recherche EVS /
EVS Research project (EVS4009)
Cours visant à préparer l'étudiant à des études
supérieures. Projet de recherche supervisé sur un problème
en sciences de l'environnement. Les étudiants présenteront
leur travaux sous forme de présentation orale ou d'affiche, et
rédigeront un mémoire.
This course is designed to prepare a student for graduate studies. Supervised
research project on a subject in environmental sciences. Students present
their work in a seminar or as a poster and submit a written thesis.
Animaux: structures
et fonctions (BIO2535)
Cycles biologiques, développement, architecture,
anatomie fonctionnelle, métabolisme et adaptations aux différents
environnements des principaux types d'animaux.
Biologie
de la conservation des espèces (BIO3515)
Introduction aux fondements écologiques des menaces à la
biodiversité posées par les humains. Les sujets incluent
l’évaluation de la biodiversité, les extinctions,
la croissance de la population, l’exploitation des ressources naturelles
et la biodiversité, l’aménagement du territoire se
basant sur la conservation, le réchauffement global et la biodiversité et
les politiques sur la biodiversité.
Comportement animal (BIO3576)
Le comportement animal est une discipline
très
large, incluant des sujets aussi variés que les bases neuro-physiologiques
de la perception et que les explications potentiellement évolutives
de comportements humains déviants. Dans le cadre d'un cours d'une
session, nous nous concentrerons sur l'écologie comportementale
qui considère les comportements comme des adaptations des animaux
aux contraintes imposés par leur milieu. Cette approche est centrée
sur la théorie de l'évolution. Nous débuterons par
une perspective historique sur ce champ d'étude. Nous verrons
aussi comment le comportement est étudié dans un cadre
scientifique. Le reste du cours sera dévolu à des sujets
importants en écologie comportementale comme l'approvisionnement
en nourriture, les interactions proies-prédateurs, les groupes
sociaux, les systèmes d'accouplement et les soins parentaux.
Animal behaviour (BIO3176)
Animal behaviour is a vast discipline, including such diverse aspects as the neuro-physiological basis of perception and the evolutionary basis for deviant human behaviours. In a one-semester course, we will concentrate on the sub-discipline of behavioural ecology that considers the behaviours of animals as adaptations to solve problems imposed by their environment. The concept central to this approach is the theory of evolution. The course will begin by a historical survey of the field. We will also see how behaviour is studied from a scientific perspective. The rest of the course will be spent studying important subjects in behavioural ecology such as feeding, predator-prey interactions, group living, mating systems, and parental care.
Ecology of
amphibians and reptiles (OUPFB, BIO3103)
I usually offer this course jointly with Dr.
Steve Lougheed from the Department of Biology at Queen's University.
This course is part of the Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology
(OUPFB)
and is, therefore, available to all students whose home institution
participates in the program. The course is normally held during the
first two weeks of May at the Queen's University Biological Station,
100 km south of Ottawa on Lake Opinicon. This course provides students
with an introduction to: (1) field techniques for censusing herptofaunal
diversity, (2) the ecology of Ontario amphibians and reptiles, (3)
the important relationship between temperature and the biology of amphibians
and reptiles, and (4) conservation issues (local and global) of these
two vertebrate groups. Student seminars, class discussions and lectures
will be complemented by "hands-on" field exercises. Students
will learn how to design and implement field studies focused on amphibians
and reptiles, and various techniques for analysis of field data.
Introduction
to tropical ecosystems (OUPFB, BIO3103)
I usually offer this course jointly with Dr.
David Currie or Dr.
John Arnason from the Department of Biology
at the University of Ottawa. This course is part of the Ontario Universities
Program in Field Biology (OUPFB)
and is, therefore, available to all students whose home institution
participates in the program. The course is normally offered in Costa
Rica during the two-weeks straddeling reading week. This course provides
students with an introduction to major tropical ecosystems in Costa
Rica. We visit seasonally dry forest in Guanacaste province in the
northwest, evergreen tropical forest in Corcovado National Park in
the southwest, and cloud forest at Monteverde and Santa Elena. We also
visit high elevation vegetation formations along the crest of the continental
divide and in a volcanic crater. We visit tropical agro-ecosystems
and we also visit sites of historical interest. Depending on time availability,
we may also visit coastal mangrove forests and/or snorkel on a coral
reef. Concepts of diversity, tropical nutrient cycling, plant-animal
interactions, animal behaviour, tropical agriculture, etc. are emphasized
Advanced field behavioural
ecology (BIO8100)
The purpose of this graduate course is to have students conduct
a field-based experiment in behavioural ecology. Students will be divided
in small groups and will have to elaborate a research proposal in consultation
with the instructor. Because of the lengthy process required for approval
of protocols by the Animal Care Committee, student projects will have
to be strictly observational or fall under the umbrella of the instructor’s
approved protocols. We will then spend 7-14 days in the field to collect
the data necessary to answer the questions posed in the proposals. Students
will then analyse their data and write up their report in the form of
a manuscript ready to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
