Biol/Envs 317 - Principles of Ecology

This webpage provides information about Biology/Environmental Studies 317 - Principles of Ecology. This webpage will change frequently as the course is taught during fall term 2009. There will be links to the course syllabus and to the Powerpoint presentations given during lecture. Please see below.

Links

• Course Syllabus

Laboratory Exercises

• Format for writing lab reports.
• Mark-recapture of water striders.
• Human demography lab.
• Competition in Forest Trees lab.
• Selection on Golden Rod Galls lab.
• Logs as Habitat Islands lab.

Lectures

• Introduction to Ecology - Powerpoint for Sept. 11.
• Introduction to Ecology cont'd - Powerpoint for Sept. 14.
• Evolutionary Ecology - Powerpoint for Sept. 16.
• Evolutionary Ecology cont'd - Powerpoint for Sept. 18.
• Conditions and Biomes - Powerpoint for Sept. 21.
• Ecological Conditions - Temperature - Powerpoint for Sept. 25.
• Ecological Conditions - cont'd, the Niche - Powerpoint for Sept. 28.
• Begin Population Ecology - Powerpoint for Sept. 30.
Demography - Powerpoint for Oct. 2.
• Population Growth Models - Powerpoint for Oct. 5.
• Begin Competition - Powerpoint for Oct. 7.
• More Competition - Powerpoint for Oct. 9.
• Conclude Competition, Begin Predation - Powerpoint for Oct. 12.
• Conclude Predation - Powerpoint for Oct. 14.
• Begin Parasitism - Powerpoint for Oct. 19.
• Parasitism and Disease - Powerpoint for Oct. 23.
• Mutualism - Powerpoint for Oct. 26.
• Stability and Ecosystem Processes - Powerpoint for Oct. 28.
• Disturbance and Succession - Powerpoint for Nov. 2.
• More Disturbance and Succession; Begin Species Diversity - Powerpoint for Nov. 4.
• Conclude Species Diversity, Then Island Biogeography - Powerpoint for Nov. 6.
• Conclude Island Biogeography, Energy Flow in Ecosystems - Powerpoint for Nov. 9.
• Decomposition, Biogeochemistry and Carbon Cycle - Powerpoint for Nov.11.
• Earth Systems Science - Powerpoint for Nov.13.
• Restoration Ecology - Powerpoint for Nov.16.

  
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