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topic { Stiling reading }
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#1
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Fri, Sept 5
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Introduction to Ecology { Preface pp. xiii-xv, Epilogue pp. 444-449 }
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#2
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Mon, Sept 8
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The Scientific Method { Ch. 1 }
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Tue, Sept 9
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Lab 1: Field Hypotheses and the Rapid Ecological
Study
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#3
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Wed, Sept 10
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Ecological Inquiry in the Lab Portion of the Course
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#4
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Fri, Sept 12
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Big Picture of Ecosystem Ecology { Ch. 5, 16 & 17 }
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#5
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Mon, Sept 15
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Climates on a Rotating Earth
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Tue, Sept 16
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Lab 2: Terrestrial Ecological Sampling
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#6
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Wed, Sept 17
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Patterns of Global Biodiversity { Ch. 1.1, Table 2.1, Ch. 13 & 14 }
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Ecology of Individuals and Populations.
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#7
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Fri, Sept 19
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Introduction to Physiological Ecology { Ch. 5 }
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#8
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Mon, Sept 22
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Physiological Ecology of Plants
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Tue, Sept 23
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Lab 3: Aquatic Ecological Sampling
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#9
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Wed, Sept 24
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Physiological Ecology of Animals
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#10
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Fri, Sept 26
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Review Session for EXAM 1
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#11
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Mon, Sept 29
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EXAM 1
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Tue, Sept 30
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Lab 4: Begin Ecological Research Study and Project
Proposal Presentations
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#12
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Wed, Oct 1
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Introduction to Population Ecology
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#13
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Fri, Oct 3
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Adaptation, Natural Selection, and Speciation { Ch. 2 & 3 }
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#14
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Mon, Oct 6
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Population Demography { Ch. 6 & 18.1 }
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Tue, Oct 7
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Lab 5: Project Work Day
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#15
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Wed, Oct 8
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Life History Evolution I
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#16
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Fri, Oct 10
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Population Regulation
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#17
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Mon, Oct 13
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Life History Evolution II
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Tue, Oct 14
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Lab 6: Project Work Day
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#18
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Wed, Oct 15
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Social Ecology and Mating Systems { Ch 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 }
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Tue, Oct 21 |
Lab 7: Project Work Day |
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#19
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Wed, Oct 22
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Review Session for EXAM 2
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#20
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Fri, Oct 24
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EXAM 2
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Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems.
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#21
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Mon, Oct 27
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Competition I { Ch. 8 }
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Tue, Oct 28
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Lab 8: Project Work Day
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#22
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Wed, Oct 29
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Competition II
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#23
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Fri, Oct 31
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Predation/ Parasitism I { Ch. 9, 10 & 11 }
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#24
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Mon, Nov 3
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Predation/ Parasitism II
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Tue, Nov 4
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Lab 9: Project Work Day
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#25
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Wed, Nov 5
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Mutualism and Coevolutionary Ecology { Ch. 7 }
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#26
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Fri, Nov 7
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Multispecies Interactions { Ch. 12 }
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#27
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Mon, Nov 10
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Community Change: Succession and Island Biogeography { Ch. 15 }
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Tue, Nov 11
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Lab 10: Project Work Day, Manuscript Generation
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#28
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Wed, Nov 12
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Global Biodiversity I { Ch. 14 }
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#29
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Fri, Nov 15
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Global Biodiversity II { Ch. 18, 19 & 21 }
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#30
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Mon, Nov 17
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Biodiversity Conservation and the Endangered Species Act {Ch. 3.4}
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Tue, Nov 18
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Lab 11: Ecological Research Symposium
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#31
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Wed, Nov 19
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The Problem of Global Species Protection {Race to Save the Planet #5}
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#32
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Fri, Nov 21
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Review Session for EXAM 3
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#33
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Mon, Nov 24
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EXAM 3
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Tue, Nov 25
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Lab 12: Work on Reviews of Peers' Manuscripts
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#34
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Wed, Nov 26
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Human Ecology: The State of the World in 1997 { Ch. 20 & Epilogue }
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#35
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Mon, Dec 1
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Global Ozone Loss and Risks from Ultraviolet Radiation
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Tue, Dec 2
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Lab 13: Manuscript Revision Work Day
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#36
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Wed, Dec 3
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Global Carbon Cycle and Risks from Climate Warming { Ch. 5.2 }
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#37
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Fri, Dec 5
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Ecological Economics: Sustainability at What Cost? { Ch. 19.6 & 20
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#38
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Mon, Dec 8
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Applied Ecological Energetics I: Six Billion Over for Dinner {Ch. 19.4}
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Tue, Dec 9
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Lab 14: Final Manuscript Revisions Due
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#39
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Wed, Dec 10
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Applied Ecological Energetics II: Our Ecological Bootprint
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#40
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Fri, Dec 12
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Ecological Design and the Next Environmental Revolution
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Mon, Dec 15 |
Review Session for EXAM 4 and FINAL EXAM |
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EXAM 4 and FINAL EXAM during exam week, TBA
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