Biology 146: Ecology  Fall 2008
 

Taught by Dr. Donald A. McFarlane
 

Monday Wednesdays Fridays
  Sept 3rd    Exponential growth

     NO LAB

Sept 5th Logistic Growth
Sept 8th Abiotic Factors Sept 10th   Competition

Lab 1 :Growth

Sept 12th Mutualism
Sept 15th Predation Sept 17th   Herbivory

 Lab 2: Modeling

Sept 19th  Parasitism
Sept 22nd Disease Sept 24th Mortality

Lab 3: Modeling predator and prey    

Sept 26th Sustainable Yield
Sept 29th Life History Strategies October 1st    Population Regulation

Lab 4. Life tables

Oct 3rd Community Types
Oct 6th Species Richness

 

Oct 8th Diversity

Lab 5: Biodiversity Indices 

Oct 10th Stability
Oct 13th  NO CLASS

ASSIGNMENT 1 download

and

Wallaby reading download

Oct 15th  NO CLASS

        NO LAB

Oct 17th NO CLASS
Oct 20 th   FALL BREAK

 

Oct 22nd  NO CLASS

        NO LAB  

Oct 24th  NO CLASS
Oct 27th Succession Oct 29th Trophic Structure

Lab 6: Rank abundance and rarefaction

Oct 31st   Energy Flow

 

Nov 3rd Nutrient Cycles

 

 Nov 5th Biogeography

Lab 7: Mark release recapture

Nov 7th  island Biogeography
Nov 10th   MIDTERM 2 Nov 12th    Community Assembly

Lab 8: Beta Diversity and Nestedness

Nov 14th  Biological Control
Nov 17th Climate Nov 19th  Paleoecology 1

          NO LAB

Nov 21st  NO CLASS

THANKSGIVING

Nov 24th  Paleoecology 2 Nov 26th  Carbon Cycle

Lab 9: Adiabatic lapse rate        

Nov 28th Behavioral ecology

  

Dec 1st Ecology of Anolis Dec 3rd  Ecology of the Serengeti

 

Dec  5th  OPEN
Dec  8th  OPEN

 

  FINAL: Wed Dec 17th, 9:00am