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Biology 146: Ecology  Fall 2009
 

Taught by Dr. Donald A. McFarlane
 

Monday Wednesdays Fridays
  Sept 2nd   Exponential growth

     NO LAB

 Sept 4th Logistic Growth
Sept 7th Abiotic Factors Sept 9th   Competition

Lab 1 :Growth

 Sept 11th Mutualism
Sept 14th Predation Sept 16th   Herbivory

 Lab 2: Modeling

 Sept 18th  Parasitism
Sept 21st  Disease Sept 23rd Mortality

Lab 3: Modeling predator and prey    

Sept 25th Sustainable Yield
Sept 28th Life History Strategies Sept 30th   Population Regulation

Lab 4. Life tables

 Oct 2nd Community Types
Oct 5th Species Richness

 

 Oct 7th Diversity

Lab 5: Biodiversity Indices 

Oct 9h Stability
Oct 12th  NO CLASS

ASSIGNMENT 1 download

and

Wallaby reading download

 Oct 14th  NO CLASS

        NO LAB - Class meets at Keck Learning Room, Honhold Library, 1;15 PM.

"GIS Applications in Ecology - Warren Roberts"

 Oct 16th NO CLASS
Oct 19 th   FALL BREAK

 

 Oct 21st  Succession

        NO LAB  

Oct 23rd  Trophic Structure
Oct 26th Energy Flow Oct 28th Nutrient Cycles

Lab 6: Mark release recapture

 Oct 30th Halloween Special - Bats!

 
Nov 2nd Biogeography

 

  Nov 4th island Biogeography 1

Lab 7: Beta Diversity and Nestedness

 Nov 6th  island Biogeography 2
Nov 9th   MIDTERM 2 Nov 11th    Community Assembly

Lab 8:

Nov 13th  Biological Control
Nov 16th Climate Nov 18th  Paleoecology 1

No Lab

 Nov 20th Paleoecology 2

Nov 23rd  Carbon Cycle

Nov 25th NO CLASS

No lab

Nov 27th NO CLASS

THANKSGIVING
Dec 30th Ecology of Anolis Dec 2nd  Ecology of the Serengeti

 Lab 9: Animal movement (Honhold Library)

 Dec  4th  OPEN
Dec  7th  OPEN

 

  take-home FINAL due by Friday Dec 18th, 9:00am