Biology 307 - Principles of Ecology

Instructor: Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud

(note: all files are in pdf format)

Spring 2009 Syllabus

Student Resources (book link here)

Lecture Outlines and Slides:

Introduction and history (slides)

The Physical Environment (1) (slides)

The Physical Environment (2) (slides)

The Organism in Its Environment - Plant Adaptations (slides)

More Plant Adaptations (slides)

Animal Adaptations (slides)

Decomposition (slides)

Introduction to Populations (slides)

Population Behavior and Intraspecific Interactions (slides1, slides2)

EXAM I (Monday, Feb. 23) NOTES END HERE

Competition, Predation, and Other Interspecific Interactions (slides1, slides2)

Predators and their Prey: Coevolutionary Interactions (slides1)

Population Genetics - Guest Lecture (slides)

Human Impact on Populations (slides)

Community Structure (slides)

Community Dynamics (slides1)

EXAM II (Monday, March 23) NOTES END HERE

Landscape Ecology - Guest Lecture (slides)

Extra-Credit: Think Like an Ecologist - Due Monday, April 6 (slides)

Ecosystem Productivity (slides1, slides2)

Cycling of Nutrients and Materials (slides1, slides2)

Biogeography (slides)

Terrestrial Ecosystems (slides1, slides2, slides3)

Aquatic Ecosystems (slides1, slides2)

Dr. Sears' Guest Lecture (Climate Change)

FINAL STUDY GUIDE

Assignments:

Assignment 1: Profile of an Ecologist (due Feb 13)

Assignment 2: Profile of an Ecological Journal (due March 6)

Assignment 3: Ecological Seminar Critique (due May 1)

Assignment 4: Profile of an LTER (due April 3)