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Course Information
Description: Organization, functioning, and development of ecological systems; energy flow; biogeochemical cycling; environmental relations; population dynamics. Prerequisites: BIO 187, 188; CHM 113, 115 or 116.
Current Section:
I am not teaching BIO 320 this semester
The Instructor: Udo M. Savalli
Text: M.C. Molles 2010. Ecology: Concepts & Applications, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill.
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Important Dates & Announcements
Lecture Schedule
(Summer 2011)
Week of:
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| May 31 — | Course Introduction; What is Ecology? | 1
| | June 1 — | Terrestrial Biomes | 2
| | 2 — | Aquatic Biomes | 3
| | 3 — | Evolution by Natural Selection | 4
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| | 6 — | Ecological Physiology: Temperature | 5
| | 7 — | Ecological Physiology: Water | 6
| | 8 — | Ecological Physiology: Energy & Nutrients | 7
| | 9 — | Exam 1; Behavioral Ecology | 8
| | 10 — | Behavioral Ecology | 8
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| | 13 — | Population Distributions | 9
| | 14 — | Population Dynamics & Growth | 10, 11
| | 15 — | Life Histories | 12
| | 16 — | Interspecific Competition | 13
| | 17 — | Predation & Parasitism | 14
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| | 20 — | Mutualism & Commensalism | 15
| | 21 — | Exam 2; Species Interactions | 17
| | 22 — | Community Diversity & Succession | 16, 20
| | 22 — | Ecosystems: Energy Flow & Productivity | 18
| | 24 — | Nutrient Cycles | 19
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| | 27 — | Landscape Ecology | 21
| | 28 — | Biogeography | 22
| | 29 — | Conservation Biology |
| | 30 — | Global Ecology and Climate | 23
| | July 1 — | Final Exam |
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