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Please note that notes and other course materials are subject to change through the semester. Please check often.

• Syllabus (pdf)
• Lecture 1 - Introduction & History (pdf)
• Lecture 2 - The Physical Template (pdf)
• Lecture 3 - Water, soil, & nutrients (pdf)
  • Gaia Hypothesis - What do you think?   
• Lecture 4 - Adaptation & plants (pdf)
• Lecture 5 - Animal and decomposers (pdf)
  • Climate change and physiology
• Lecture 6 - Populations and life histories (pdf)
• Dr. David Lodge, Invasive Species Seminar, Thurs, Feb 16, 4 PM
• Exam 1 example questions
• Lecture 7 - Ecological and conservation genetics (pdf)
• Eusociality - naked mole rat web-cam
• Lecture 8 - Interspecific interactions I (pdf)
• Dr. Roy Stein, Great Lakes Ecology, Thurs, March 9, 4 PM
• Lecture 9 - Interspecific interactions II (pdf)
• Lecture 10 - Interspecific interactions III (pdf)
• Lecture 11 - Communities (pdf)
• Lecture 12 - Landscapes and biodiversity (pdf)
• Lecture 13 - Ecosystems I (pdf)
• Lecture 14 - Ecosystems II - cascades (pdf)
• Lecture 15 - Cycling (pdf)
• Lecture 16 - Water, C, and N (pdf)
• Lecture 17 - O, S, P, and DDT (pdf)
• Lecture 18 - Global patterns (pdf)
• Lecture 19 - Invasives (pdf)
• Guest Lecture - Stable isotopes (pdf)

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