VERSION 2.0 - Updated Oct 5, 2000
ECOLOGY Fall 2000
PCB-3043
Instructor: Dr. Jim Fourqurean
Office: OE 237
Phone: 348-4084
Class time: Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00-6:15 pm
Textbook: Molles, M. C. 1999. Ecology: Concepts and Applications. WCB McGraw-Hill
Readings should be completed before the class for which they are assigned!
Syllabus:
Date | Topic | Reading | |
T | Aug 29 | Class Administration and Introduction to Ecology | Ch. 1 |
TH | Aug 31 | Requirements of living things | Ch. 6 |
T | Sep 5 | Light and the atmosphere | pp 16-19; 456-464 |
TH | Sep 7 | Water and heat budgets of organisms | Ch. 4 |
T | Sep 12 | Conservation of water in plants and animals | Ch. 5 |
TH | Sep 14 | Biome concept | Ch. 2 & 3 |
T | Sep 19 | Energy in ecosystems - I | Ch. 15 |
TH | Sep 21 | Energy in ecosystems - II | Ch. 14 |
T | Sep 26 | Energy in ecosystems - III | |
TH | Sep 28 | Element cycles in ecosystems - I | Ch. 16 |
T | Oct 3 | RAINOUT | |
TH | Oct 5 | RAINOUT | |
T | Oct 10 | Element cycles in ecosystems - I | |
T | Oct 10 | Preliminary report on semester writing assignment due | |
TH | Oct 12 | Element cycles in ecosystems - II and Test #1 | |
T | Oct 17 | The Niche concept, Life Histories and Life Tables - I | pp. 162-172 |
TH | Oct 19 | Life Histories and Life Tables - II | Ch. 8 |
T | Oct 24 | Population structure | |
TH | Oct 26 | Population growth rates - I | Ch. 9 |
T | Oct 31 | Population growth rates - II | |
TH | Nov 2 | Dynamics of populations - I | |
T | Nov 7 | Dynamics of populations - II | |
TH | Nov 9 | Test #2 | |
T | Nov 14 | Species interactions - I | Ch. 10 |
TH | Nov 16 | Species interactions - II | Ch. 11 |
T | Nov 21 | Species interactions - III | Ch. 12 |
TH | Nov 23 | Thanksgiving - no class | |
T | Nov 28 | Community structure - I | Ch. 7 & 13 |
TH | Nov 30 | Community structure - II | Ch. 7 & 13 |
T | Dec 5 | Community development | Ch. 17 |
T | Dec 5 | Semester writing assignment due | |
TH | Dec 7 | Test #3 | |
TH | Dec 14 | Final Exam, 3:30 - 6:15 pm |
Grading Policy:
There will be three tests. NO MAKEUP TESTS WILL BE GIVEN. The average of your 2 highest tests will count for 45% of the final grade. Everyone must take the cumulative final exam, which will count for 35% of your final grade. In class quizzes will count for 10%, and a semester-long research/writing assignment will count for 10%, of your final grade.