General Ecology 351
Fall 2006
Instructor: Dr. Mark D. Morgan
Office: 200A Science Bldg
email: mdmorgan@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: 225-6147 or x6142
Office Hours: Tuesday
Web Page: http://crab.rutgers.edu/~mdmorgan/index.html
Date |
Lecture Topic |
Required reading |
Supplemental Reading |
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Sept 5 |
Introduction |
1-18 |
preface |
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Sept 7 |
Population Ecology |
160-172 |
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Sept 12 |
Life Tables |
172-180 |
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Sept 14 |
Population growth |
181-193 |
194-213 |
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Sept 19 |
Niche |
257-262 |
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Sept 21 |
Competition I |
242-248 |
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Sept 26 |
Competition II |
248-253, 253-257 |
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Sept 28 |
Predation |
265-278 |
284-334 |
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Oct 3 |
Exam I review |
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Oct 5 |
Exam I |
Lectures 1-8 |
30 % |
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Oct 10 |
The Ecosystem |
84, 86-88, 121-123, 145-150 |
80-84, 88-120, 123-144, 150-158 |
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Oct 12 |
Climate |
20-41 |
42-49 |
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Oct 17 |
Soil |
57-69 |
69-77 |
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Oct 19 |
Terrestrial Biomes I |
562-600 |
381-402 |
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Oct 24 |
Terrestrial Biomes II |
601-628 |
449-478, 543-559 |
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Oct 26 |
Succession |
403-416 |
416-426 |
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Oct 31 |
Characteristics of water |
50-54 |
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Nov 2 |
Aquatic Biomes I |
641-664 |
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Nov 7 |
Rxam II review |
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Nov 9 |
Exam II |
Lectures 9-16 |
30 % |
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Nov 14 |
Aquatic Biomes II |
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Nov 16 |
Energy Flow |
479-503 |
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Nov 21 |
Biogeochemistry I |
54-56, 81-82, 512-515 |
505-512 |
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Nov 23 |
Thanksgiving |
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Nov 28 |
Biogeochemistry II |
515-523 |
524-542 |
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Nov 30 |
Water Pollution I |
335-344 |
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Dec 5 |
Water Pollution II |
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Dec 7 |
Extra Material |
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Dec 12 |
Summary & Review |
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Dec 15 |
Final Exam |
Comprehensive |
40 % |
Text: Ecology and Field Biology. 2001 6th ed. Smith & Smith
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