Tentative Lecture Outline for BSC 385, Fall 2002

(subject to revision)

DATE                                 TOPICS                                                        CHAPTER #

August 21                                       Introduction                                                                        Chapter 1

August 23-28                                  Climate- Life on Land                                                        Chapter 2

August 30                                       Climate- Life in Water                                                        Chapter 3

September 2                                     NO CLASS, LABOR DAY                                                

September 4-6                                  Climate- Life in Water                                                       Chapter 3

September 9                                     Global ecology                                                                   Chapter 23

September 11-13                              Temperature Relations                                                     Chapter 4

September 16-18                              Water Relations                                                                 Chapter 5

September 20                                   Review                                                                                Chaps. 1-5

September 23                                   Examination #1                                                                   Chaps. 1-5

September 25                                   Energy and Nutrient Relations                                        Chapter 6

September 27                                   Social Relations                                                                 Chapter 7

September 30                                   Population Genetics                                                          Chapter 8

October 2                                         Population Distribution and Abundance                      Chapter 9

October 4                                         Population Dynamics                                                       Chapter 10

October 7                                         Population Growth                                                            Chapter 11

October 9                                         TBA

October 11                                       Review of Population Biology                                        Chaps. 8-11

October 14                                       Life Histories                                                                      Chapter 12

October 16                                       Review                                                                                Chapter 6-12

October 18                                       Examination #2                                                                   Chapters 6-12

October 21-23                                  Competition                                                                        Chapter 13

October 25                                       Exploitation-Predation                                                      Chapter 14

October 28                                       Exploitation-Herbivory                                                      Chapter 14

October 30                                       Exploitation-Parasitism                                                      Chapter 14

November 1                                     Mutualism                                                                           Chapter 15

November 4-6                                 Species Abundance and Diversity                                 Chapter 16

                                                          HW#5

                                                          Data for HW#5

November 8-11                               Food Webs                                                                         Chapters 17

November 13                                   Review                                                                                 Chapters 13-17

November 15                                   Examination #3                                                                   Chapters 13-17

November 18-20                             Primary Production and Energy Flow                             Chapter 18

                                                          HW6

November 22-25                              Nutrient Cycling and Retention                                      Chapter 19

November 27                                   Succession and Stability                                                  Chapter 20

November 29                                   NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING                                               

December 2                                      Succession and Stability                                                  Chapter 20

December 4-6                                   Landscape Ecology/Geographic Ecology                     Chapter 21/22

December 13                                    Final Exam, 0800h                                                              Chaps. 18-22