BIO 315-01, Ecology, fall

Abstract

1 Th 25 AUG 1. Introduction: the science of ecology 1 2 T 30 AUG 2. Climate & the physical environment 2 Quiz 1 Th 1 SEP 3. Biomes, temperature, & water 3-4 3 T 6 SEP 4. Environmental variation: energy 5 Quiz 2 Th 8 SEP 5. Evolution & ecology 6 4 T 13 SEP 6. Life history 7 Quiz 3 Th 15 SEP 7. Population distribution & abundance 8 5 T 20 SEP 8. Review --- Th 22 SEP 9. Population growth 9 EXAM 1 6 T 27 SEP 10. Population dynamics 10 Exam due Th 29 SEP 11. Competition 11 Quiz 4 7 T 4 OCT 12. Predation 12 Quiz 5 Th 6 OCT 13. Dynamics of predation 12 8 T 11 OCT 14. Parasitism 13 Quiz 6 Th 13 OCT 15. Mutualism & commensalism 14 9 T 18 OCT 16. NO CLASS – FALL BREAK Quiz 7 Th 20 OCT 17. The nature of communities 15 10 T 25 OCT 18. Review --- Th 27 OCT 19. Community change & stability 16 EXAM 2 11 T 1 NOV 20. Biogeography 17 Exam due Th 3 NOV 21. Species diversity in communities 18 Quiz 8 12 T 8 NOV 22. Productivity 19 Quiz 9 Th 10 NOV 23. Review --- 13 T 15 NOV 24. Energy flow & food webs 20; p. 272 Th 17 NOV 25. Conservation biology 22 EXAM 3 14 T 22 NOV 26. Conservation biology TBA Exam due Th 24 NOV 27. NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK 15 T 29 NOV 28. Landscape ecology & ecosystem management 23 Quiz 10 Th 1 DEC 29. Global ecology 24 16 T 6 DEC 30. Review & summary --- FINAL EXAMINATION: