|
Date |
Class |
Topic
|
Textreading1 |
Lab exercise |
|
Aug 31 |
lecture
1 |
Habitat:
Conditions & constraints |
ch 2 |
|
|
Sep 1/2 |
lab
1 |
Literature
research - Waldo library |
|
Library |
|
5 |
No lecture |
Labor Day holiday |
|
|
|
7 |
lecture
2 |
Habitat:
Resources |
ch 3 |
|
|
8/9 |
lab
2 |
Scientific
methods in ecology |
|
lab |
|
12 |
lecture
3 |
Birth
and death |
ch 4 |
|
|
14 |
lecture
4 |
Distribution
and movement |
ch 6 |
|
|
15/16 |
lab
3 |
Life
tables |
|
Lab
computer |
|
19 |
lecture
5 |
Processes:
Intraspecific competition |
ch 5 |
|
|
21 |
lecture
6 |
Processes:
Interspecific competition bonus 1 |
ch 8 |
|
|
22/23 |
lab
4 |
Mark and recapture |
|
field |
|
26 |
EXAM
1 |
lectures
1 - 6 |
|
|
|
28 |
lecture
7 |
Processes:
Predation |
ch 9 |
|
|
29/30 |
lab
5 |
Competition |
|
Lab
computer |
|
Oct 3 |
lecture
8 |
Predator
foraging & prey defense |
ch 9 |
|
|
5 |
lecture
9 |
Dynamics
of predation |
ch 10 |
|
|
6/7 |
lab
6 |
Lotka-Volterra
and the logistic equation |
|
Lab
computer |
|
10 |
lecture
10 |
Processes:
Parasitism & disease |
ch 12 |
|
|
12 |
lecture
11 |
Processes:
Herbivory (bibliography due) |
ch 9 & 12 |
|
|
13/14 |
lab
7 |
Goldenrod
gall density |
|
field |
|
17 |
lecture
12 |
Processes:
Decomposition & detritivory |
ch 11 |
|
|
19 |
EXAM
2 |
lectures
7 - 12 |
|
|
|
20/21 |
lab
8 |
Goldenrod
galls: testing hypotheses |
|
lab |
|
24 |
lecture
13 |
Processes:
Symbiosis & mutualism |
ch 13 |
|
|
26 |
lecture
14 |
Life
histories |
ch 4 |
|
|
27/28 |
lab
9 |
Density
dependence |
|
Lab
computer |
|
31 |
lecture
15 |
Abundance
& metapopulations (plan due) |
ch 6 & 14 |
|
|
Nov 2 |
lecture
16 |
Manipulating
abundance |
ch 15 |
|
|
3/4 |
lab
10 |
Dispersion
analysis |
|
field |
|
7 |
lecture
17 |
Communities |
ch 16 |
|
|
9 |
lecture
18 |
Community
matter and energy flux |
ch 17 & 18 |
|
|
10/11 |
lab
11 |
Metapopulation
dynamics |
|
field |
|
14 |
lecture
19 |
Community
structure & competition |
ch 19 |
|
|
16 |
lecture
20 |
Community
structure & predation |
ch 19 |
|
|
17/18 |
lab
12 |
Stream
diversity |
|
field |
|
21 |
EXAM
3 |
lectures
13 - 20 |
|
|
|
23 |
lecture 21
|
Food
webs (term
paper due) |
ch 20 |
|
|
24/25 |
No
lab |
Thanksgiving recess |
|
|
|
28 |
lecture 22 |
Island
biogeography |
ch 21 & 22 |
|
|
30 |
lecture
23 |
Patterns
of biodiversity & conservation |
ch 21 & 22 |
|
|
Dec 1/2 |
lab
13 |
Review |
|
Course
review |
|
Dec. 8 |
FINAL EXAM |
Thursday,
December 8, 8:00 Ð 10:00 am Room 1718, Wood Hall |
|
|
1Begon et al. (2006)