BIOS 3010 ECOLOGY LECTURES

(hyperlinked lectures are in blue)

Lecture
Topic
Text chapter
1
Habitat: conditions & constraints
2
2
Habitat: resources
3
3
Birth and death
4
4
Distribution and movement
6
5
Processes: intraspecific competition
5
6
Processes: interspecific competition
8
7
Processes: predation
9
8
Predator foraging and prey defense
9
9
Dynamics of predation
10
10
Processes: parasitism & disease
12
11
Processes: herbivory ( + defense table)
9 & 12
12
Processes: decomposition & detritivory
11
13
Processes: symbiosis & mutualism
13
14
Life histories
4
15
Abundance & metapopulations
6 & 14
16
Manipulating abundance
15
17
Communities
16
18
Community matter and energy flux
17& 18
19
Community structure & competition
19
20
Community structure & predation
19
21
Food webs
20
22
Island biogeography
21 & 22
23
Patterns of diversity & conservation
21 & 22

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