BIOS 105: Environmental Biology, Fall 2004.
| Lecture |
Topic |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Darwin's finches |
| 3 |
Resources and conditions |
| 4 |
Behavior: territoriality, mate choice & natural selection |
| 5 |
Population processes: competition, herbivory, predation & parasitism |
| 6 |
The niche |
| 7 |
Communities and ecosystems: patterns in time & space |
| 8 |
The last 100,000 years |
| 9 |
Population dynamics |
| 10 |
Manipulating resources |
| 11 |
Carrying capacity and sustainability |
| 12 |
Cycles of conflict: intraspecific competition & warfare |
| 13 |
Habitat fragmentation and extinction |
| 14 |
Pollution |
| 15 |
Pollution: acid deposition |
| 16 |
Health problems and disease ecology |
| 17 |
Climate change and ecosystem shifts |
| 18 |
Resource ownership and "The Commons" |
| 19 |
Scientific method & environmental controversy |
| 20 |
The abundance catastrophe debate |
| 21 |
Implementation of solutions: dialog and legislation |
Revised: 2 November 2004.