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date | topic |
| #1 | Mon, May 24 |
Introduction to Ecology and The Scientific Method |
| #2 | Tue, May 25 |
Big Picture of Ecosystem Ecology and Climates on a Rotating Earth |
| #3 | Wed, May 26 |
Patterns of Global Biodiversity |
| Thu, May 27 |
Lab 1: Field Hypothesis Generation and the Rapid Ecological
Study |
| #4 | Thu, May 27 |
Ecological Inquiry in the Lab Portion of the Course |
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Ecology of Individuals and Populations. |
| #5 | Tues, June 1 |
Introduction to Physiological Ecology, Physiological Ecology of Plants |
| #6 | Wed, June 2 |
Physiological Ecology of Animals |
| Thu, June 3 |
Lab 2: Field Trip to the New Jersey Pine Barrens:
Methods in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecological Sampling |
| #7 | Thu, June 3 |
Quantifying Biological Diversity. |
| #8 | Mon, June 7 |
Introduction to Population Ecology
Adaptation, Natural Selection, and Speciation |
| #9 | Tue, June 8 |
Population Demography and Life History Evolution I |
| #10 | Wed, June 9 |
Life History Evolution II, Social Ecology, and Mating Systems |
| Thu, June 10 |
Lab 3: Begin Ecological Research
Study and
Project Proposal Presentations. |
| #11 | Thu, June 10 |
Review Session for MID-TERM EXAM |
| #12 | Mon, June 14 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
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Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems. |
| #13 | Tue, June 15 |
Competition I |
| #14 | Wed, June 16 |
Competition II |
| Thu, June 17 |
Lab 4: Project Work Day |
| #15 | Thu, June 17 |
Project Updates, Workshop on Statistical Analysis |
| #16 | Mon, June 21 |
Predation/ Parasitism |
| #17 | Tue, June 22 |
Mutualism, Coevolutionary Ecology, and Multispecies Interactions |
| #18 | Wed, June 23 |
Community Change: Succession and Island Biogeography |
| Thu, June 24 |
Lab 5: Ecological Research Symposium |
| #19 | Thu, June 24 |
Global Biodiversity, Conservation, and the Endangered Species Act |
| Mon, June 28 |
Reviews of Peers' Manuscripts Due |
| #20 | Mon, June 28 |
Human Environmental Ecology: The State of the World in 1999. |
| #21 | Tue, June 30 |
Global Climate Change |
| #22 | Wed, June 30 |
The Ecological Bootprint of Six Billion People, and
Ecological Design and the Next Environmental Revolution |
| Thu, July 1 |
Lab 6: Final Manuscript Revisions Due |
| #23 | Thu, July 1 |
Review Session for FINAL EXAM |
| #24 | Friday, July 2 |
FINAL EXAM |