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BIO 320 — Fundamentals of Ecology

Updated 22 July 2010

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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 LSC 320 this semester

The Instructor: Udo M. Savalli

Text: M.C. Molles 2010. Ecology: Concepts & Applications, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill.


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Lecture Schedule
(Summer 2010)

Week of:
Topic:
Chapter:
June 1 —Course Introduction; What is Ecology?1
2 —Terrestrial Biomes2
3 —Aquatic Biomes3
4 —Evolution by Natural Selection4
 
7 —Ecological Physiology: Temperature5
8 —Ecological Physiology: Water6
9 —Ecological Physiology: Energy & Nutrients7
10 —Exam 1; Behavioral Ecology8
11 —Behavioral Ecology8
 
14 —Population Distributions9
15 —Population Dynamics & Growth10, 11
16 —Life Histories12
17 —Interspecific Competition13
18 —Predation & Parasitism14
 
21 —Mutualism & Commensalism15
22 —Exam 2; Species Interactions17
23 —Community Diversity & Succession16, 20
24 —Ecosystems: Energy Flow & Productivity18
25 —Nutrient Cycles19
 
26 —Landscape Ecology21
29 —Biogeography22
30 —Conservation Biology
July 1 —Global Ecology and Climate23
2 —Final Exam

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