Readings
| Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading |
| 9/8 |
Course Intro. |
Chapter 1 including Box 1.2 & 1.3 (skim section 1.3). |
| Week 1: 9/11-9/15 |
Climate and Global Ecology |
Chapter 4 (skim section 4.5) |
| Week 2: 9/18-9/22 |
Climate and Physiological Ecology |
Sections 3.1-3.2 & 3.6. Lab: Section 5.1 including Box 5.1. Humphries, M., Thomas, D. W. and Speakman, J. R. 2002. Climate-mediated energetic constraints on the distribution of hibernating mammals. - Nature 418: 313-316. |
| Week 3: 9/25-9/29 |
Population Growth |
Sections 5.5 including Box 5.4, 3.5 & 12.1-12.2.2. Dawkins, R. 1989. Family planning - In: The selfish gene. Oxford University Press, pp. 109-122. |
| Week 4: 10/2-10/6 |
Exam Week |
None |
| Week 5: 10/9-10/13 (No Class Monday) |
Life Tables |
Sections 5.2-5.3 |
| Week 6: 10/16-10/20 |
Life Tables, Conservation, and Evolution |
Section 5.6 |
| Week 7: 10/23-10/27 |
Evolution, Population Structure and Competition |
Sections 5.4 & 2.1-2.4 |
| Week 8: 10/30-11/3 |
Competition and Mutualism |
Chapter 6 |
| Week 9: 11/6-11/10 |
Exam Week |
Sections 8.1 & 8.4-8.5.2. Lab: Section 4.5.1 |
| Week 10: 11/13-11/17 |
Predation and Trophic Cascades |
Section 9.5 including Box 9.2 |
| Week 11: 11/20 (Monday Only) |
Community Ecology |
Chapter 10 (start with section 10.3) |
| Week 12: 11/27-12/1 |
Succession and Diversity |
Section 9.4. Poulson, T.L. and Platt. 1996. Replacement patterns of beech and sugar maple in Warren Woods, Michigan. Ecology 77: 1234-1253. |
| Week 13: 12/4-12/8 |
Diversity, Stability, and Ecosystem Function |
None |
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