The following optional assignment may be completed for extra credit up to 5% of the total course grade.
- Read a book from the following list
- The Phytochemical Landscape by Mark Hunter
- Critical Transitions in Nature and Society by Marten Scheffer
- Evolutionary Ecology of Birds by Peter Bennett and Ian Owens
- The Theory of Ecological Communities by Mark Vellend
- The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography by Stephen Hubbell
- Metapopulation Ecology by Ilkka Hanski
- Parasitoid Population Biology by Michael Hochberg and Tony Ives
- Principles of Social Evolution by Andrew Bourke
- Write a book review of 500-1000 words describing (a) the main thesis of the book, (b) the main argument and evidence presented, and (c) your evaluation of the thesis and the argument
- Submit your review as a pdf attachment by email to Dr. Drake by Thursday, December 8.
