Week |
Lecture |
Lab |
| Aug. 20-25 | Course introduction, evolutionary and experimental ecology, niche, biotic
and abiotic factors, ecological gradients ch. 1-3 |
Lab Introduction |
| Aug. 27-31 | Evolutionary and experimental ecology, niche, biotic and abiotic factors,
ecological gradients ch. 1-3 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 3-8 | Population Growth, Demographics ch. 4 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 10-14 | Intraspecific Competition ch. 5 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 17-21 | Dispersal and Metapopulation Dynamics ch. 6, Exam 1 (18th) |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 24-28 | Interspecific Competition ch. 8 |
Class project 2, first paper due, start peer review |
| Oct. 1-5 | Predation ch. 9 |
Class project 2, first peer review due |
| Oct. 8-12 | Predation ch. 10 |
Class project 2, receive first peer review |
| Oct. 15-17 (Fall Break) |
Decomposers ch. 11 |
Class project 2, first paper due |
| Oct. 22-26 | Modern Community Ecology, Exam 2 (22nd) ch. 16 |
Class project 2 |
| Oct. 29-Nov. 2 | Modern Community Ecology ch. 16 |
Group project |
| Nov. 5-9 | Community Structure and Dynamics ch. 19 |
Group project, second paper due, peer review 2 |
| Nov. 12-16 | Food webs and Patterns in Diversity ch. 20-21 | Group project, second peer review due |
| Nov. 19-20 (Thanksgiving break) | Exam 3 (20th) | Group project, receive second review |
| Nov. 26-30 | Flow of Energy and Matter Through Eosystems, ch. 17-18 |
Group project, second paper due |
| Dec. 4 | Tuesday (last day of class) Group presentations. | Group Presentations, third paper due |
| Dec. 10-14 | Finals Week | |