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| Date | Topics - click on hyperlink to download LECTURE OUTLINE as a Word document | Download PPT Slides |
Chapter in Text* |
Lab | Homework (bring to lab) |
| I. NATURAL HISTORY | |||||
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Aug 23
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Introduction | 1 |
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28
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Biomes | 5 |
I, 2A |
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30
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Climate and Soils | 4 | |||
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Sept. 4 |
Humans and Climate Change | (26) |
II |
3 | |
| II. POPULATION ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION | |||||
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6
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Evolution, Adaptation; Humans + Toxins | (16+26) | |||
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11
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Life Histories | 10 | III, (2B), 5 |
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13
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13+15 | ||||
| 18 | Population Growth and Regulation 1 | Lecture 8 | 14 | IV | |
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EXAM 1 |
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| 25 | Population Growth and Regulation 2 | Lecture 9 | 14 | V | |
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| Oct. 2 |
Conservation Ecology: Single Species |
Lecture 11 | (25) | VI, 6 | |
| III. INTERACTIONS | |||||
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4
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Predation and Herbivory | 17 | |||
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9
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Dynamics of Predation | 18 | VII, 7 |
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11
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Competition | 19 | |||
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16 |
Coevolution and Mutualism | 20 | VIII | ||
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18
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Humans and Invasion Ecology |
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| IV. COMMUNITIES | |||||
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23
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Species Abundance and Diversity 1 | 21, 23, 24 | IX | 8 | |
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25
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Species Abundance and Diversity 2 | ||||
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30 |
EXAM 2 |
X | 10 | ||
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Nov. 1
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Community Structure/Development | 21, 22 | |||
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6 |
Conserve Biodiversity + Restore Ecology | XI | |||
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8 |
Landscape Ecology + Human Land Use | 13+15 | |||
| V. ECOSYSTEMS + GLOBAL ECOLOGY | |||||
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13
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Energy in the Ecosystem | 6 | XII, 11 | ||
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15
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Humans and Energy Use | ||||
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17-25
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THANKSGIVING BREAK | ||||
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27
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Nutrient Cycles | 7 | XIII, 12 | ||
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29
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Nutrient Regeneration | 8 | |||
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Dec. 4
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Humans Alter Nutrient Cycles | 26 | XIV | ||
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6 |
Humans and Plant Earth | ||||
| Dec 13 FINAL EXAM (Thursday 7-10 PM) | |||||
| *Ricklefs, R.E. 2006. Economy of Nature (5th ed.) | |||||
