Population and Community Ecology (BSC 441/541)
Syllabus | Lab | Schedule | Files | Printer FriendlyLecture and Laboratory Schedule
Week |
Lecture |
Lab |
| Aug. 19 | Course introduction, evolutionary and experimental ecology, niche, biotic
and abiotic factors, ecological gradients ch. 1-3 |
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| Aug. 24-28 | Evolutionary and experimental ecology, niche, biotic and abiotic factors,
ecological gradients ch. 1-3 |
Lab Introduction, Class project 1 |
| Aug. 31- Sept. 4 | Population Growth, Demographics ch. 4 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 7-11 | Intraspecific Competition ch. 5 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 14-18 | Dispersal and Metapopulation Dynamics ch. 6 |
Class project 1 |
| Sept. 21-25 | Interspecific Competition ch. 8, Exam 1 (21st) |
Class project 2, first paper due, start peer review |
| Sept. 28- Oct. 2 | Predation ch. 9 |
Class project 2, first peer review due |
| Oct. 5-9, (Fall Break) | Predation ch. 10 |
Class project 2, receive first peer review |
| Oct. 12-16 |
Decomposers ch. 11 |
Class project 2, first paper due |
| Oct. 19-23 | Modern Community Ecology, Exam 2 (21st) ch. 16 |
Class project 2 |
| Oct. 26- Oct. 30 | Modern Community Ecology ch. 16 |
Group project |
| Nov. 2-6 | Community Structure and Dynamics ch. 19 |
Group project, second paper due, peer review 2 |
| Nov. 9-13 | Food webs and Patterns in Diversity ch. 20-21 | Group project, second peer review due |
| Nov. 16-20 | Exam 3 (18th) | Group project, receive second review |
| Nov. 23-27 (Thanksgiving break) | Flow of Energy and Matter Through Eosystems, ch. 17-18 |
Group project, second paper due |
| Nov. 30 - Dec. 4 | Flow of energy and Matter Through Ecosystems, Group presentations Wednesday Dec. 2. | Group Presentations, third paper due |
| Dec. 7-11 | Finals Week | |