Dr. Bruce W. Grant
Department of
Biology, Widener University
Chester, PA, 19013, office Kirk.200, 610-499-4017
grant@pop1.science.widener.edu
# date topic {Stiling reading} ______________________________________________________________________________ #1 Wed, Sept 9 Introduction to Ecology {preface} #2 Fri, Sept 11 The Scientific Method I {ch 1} #3 Mon, Sept 14 The Scientific Method II Tue, Sept 15 Lab 1: The Rapid Ecological Study. #4 Wed, Sept 16 Ecological Inquiry in the Lab Portion of the Course #5 Fri, Sept 18 Big Picture of Ecosystem Ecology {ch. 5, 16 & 17} #6 Mon, Sept 21 Climates on a Rotating Earth Tue, Sept 22 Lab 2: Terrestrial Ecological Sampling. #7 Wed, Sept 23 Global Biodiversity {ch. 1.1, Table 2.1, ch. 13 & 14} Ecology of Individuals and Populations. #8 Fri, Sept 25 Introduction to Physiological Ecology {ch. 5} #9 Mon, Sept 28 Physiological Ecology of Plants {tba} Tue, Sept 29 Lab 3: Aquatic Ecological Sampling. #10 Wed, Sept 30 Physiological Ecology of Animals {tba} #11 Fri, Oct 2 Review Session for EXAM 1 #12 Mon, Oct 5 EXAM 1 Tue, Oct 6 Lab 4: Begin Ecological Research Project. #13 Wed, Oct 7 Introduction to Population Ecology #14 Fri, Oct 9 Adaptation, Natural Selection, and Speciation {ch. 2 & 3} #15 Mon, Oct 12 Population Demography {ch. 6 & 18.1} Tue, Oct 13 Lab 5: Project Work Day #16 Wed, Oct 14 Life History Evolution I #17 Fri, Oct 16 Population Regulation #18 Mon, Oct 19 Life History Evolution II Tue, Oct 20 Lab 6: Project Work Day #19 Wed, Oct 21 Social Ecology and Mating Systems {ch 4.1, 4.2, 4.3} #20 Fri, Oct 23 Review Session for EXAM 2 #21 Mon, Oct 26 EXAM 2 Tue, Oct 27 Lab 7: Project Work Day Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems #22 Wed, Oct 28 Competition I {ch. 8} Tue, Nov 3 Lab 8: Project Work Day #23 Wed, Nov 4 Competition II #24 Fri, Nov 6 Predation/ Parasitism I {ch. 9, 10 & 11} #25 Mon, Nov 9 Predation/ Parasitism II Tue, Nov 10 Lab 9: Project Work Day, Manuscript Generation #26 Wed, Nov 11 Mutualism and Coevolutionary Ecology {ch. 7} #27 Fri, Nov 13 Multispecies Interactions {ch. 12} #28 Mon, Nov 16 Community Change: Succession & Is. Biogeography {ch. 15} Tue, Nov 17 Lab 10: Ecological Research Symposium #29 Wed, Nov 18 Global Biodiversity {ch. 14, 18, 19 & 21} #30 Fri, Nov 20 Biodiversity and the Endangered Species Act {ch. 3.4} #31 Mon, Nov 23 Review Session for EXAM 3 Tue, Nov 24 Lab 11: Work on Reviews of Peers' Manuscripts #32 Wed, Nov 25 EXAM 3 #33 Mon, Nov 30 Human Ecology: The State of the World {ch. 20 & epilogue} Tue, Dec 1 Lab 12: Work on Reviews of Peers' Manuscripts #34 Wed, Dec 2 Global Species Protection {Race to Save the Planet #5} #35 Fri, Dec 4 Global Ozone Loss and Risks from Ultraviolet Radiation #36 Mon, Dec 7 Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Warming {ch. 5.2} Tue, Dec 8 Lab 13: Manuscript Revision Work Day #37 Wed, Dec 9 Ecological Economics of Sustainability {ch. 19.6 & 20} #38 Fri, Dec 11 Ecological Energetics: Six Billion for Dinner {ch. 19.4} #39 Mon, Dec 14 Ecological Design and the Next Environmental Revolution Tue, Dec 15 Lab 14: Final Manuscript Revisions Due #40 Wed, Dec 16 Review Session for EXAM 4 and FINAL EXAM EXAM 4 and FINAL EXAM during exam week, TBA |
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