Fundamentals of Ecology (BIO/ESS 148) :: Schedule, Summer 2024
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Please note that the schedule is subject to change at any time. Check back frequently for updates!
T = Tuesday
R = Thursday
L = Lecture
D = Discussion
Each Lecture will be discretized into 3 parts
First half from 8:30 - 9:45
Break from 9:45 - 10:00
Second half from 10:00 - 11:15
Students are required to attend the full lecture to receive credit
Homeworks are due on the Sunday (11:59 PM) of the week they are posted. See CatCourses for the Assignment details
| Date | Lect/Disc_# | Lecture_Topic | Description | Required Readings | Assign. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/18 | (T-L1) | Introduction | Levels of organization | Bowman Ch. 1 | |
| Leopold; excerpts | |||||
| 6/20 | (R-L2) | Biomes | Distinguishing among Earth’s biomes | Bowman Ch. 3 | |
| Energy 1 | Variation in temperature and water | Bowman Ch. 4 | |||
| (D1) | Disc 1 | Intro to R | Hmwk 1 due | ||
| 6/25 | (T-L3) | Energy 2 | Energetic pathways in ecology | Bowman Ch. 5 | |
| Allometry | Allometry & Macroecology 1 | West & Brown | |||
| 6/27 | (R-L4) | Allometry | Allometry & Macroecology 2 | Met. Demo | |
| Evolution | Evolution | Bowman Ch. 6 | |||
| (D2) | Disc 2 | Temperature as an ecological constraint | Gunderson & Leal 2015 | Hmwk 2 due | |
| 7/02 | (T-L5) | Exam I | |||
| Evolution | Evolution | Bowman Ch. 6 | Evol. Demo | ||
| 7/04 | (R-L6) | July 4 - no class | |||
| (D3) | Disc 3 | No Discussion | No Hmwk | ||
| 7/09 | (T-L7) | Behavior | Behavioral ecology | Bowman Ch. 8, Sinervo | |
| Populations 1 | Density dependence and population dynamics | Bowman Ch. 10 | |||
| 7/11 | (R-L8) | Populations 2 | Logistic Growth | ||
| Discrete dynamics & Cobweb diagrams | |||||
| (D4) | Disc 4 | Population growth | Hmwk 3 due | ||
| 7/16 | (T-L9) | Competition | Intro to competition | Bowman Ch. 14 | |
| Competition dynamics 1 | |||||
| 7/18 | (R-L10) | Exam II | |||
| Competition | Competition dynamics 2 and | Comp. Demo | |||
| (D5) | Disc 5 | Competition | |||
| 7/23 | (T-L11) | Predation 1 | Herbivory/Predation | Bowman Ch. 12 | |
| Predation 2 | Predation dynamics with Pred. demo | ||||
| 7/25 | (R-L12) | Parasitism | Parasites and Parasitoids | Bowman Chap. 13 | |
| Disease | The dynamics of disease | Bowman 13.4-end, Blackwood to 2.2.2; R0 is just an average | |||
| (D6) | Disc 6 | Predation | Hmwk 4 due | ||
| 7/30 | (T-L13) | Disease cont. | |||
| Disease cont. | |||||
| 8/1 | (R-L14) | Interactions | Mutualisms | Bowman Chap. 15 | |
| Food webs | Bowman Chap. 21 | ||||
| (D7) | Disc 7 | Disease Dynamics | Hmwk 5 due | ||
| 8/06 | (T-L14) | Communities | Island Biogeography | Bowman Chap. 18.3 | Island Demo |
| Ecological communities | Bowman Chap. 16.2-16.3 | ||||
| 8/08 | (R-L15) | FINAL EXAM |