Review Qs should be viewed as essay questions - studying them EVERY WEEK will help prepare you for the exams. Also, read the review questions at the end of each chapter.
| Date | Lecture Topic | Reading | Review Qs | Lab Topic |
| 5 Sep | Intro | Chp. 1 | Review 1 | Broken Squares; ESSP Internships, Field trip info & $5 |
| 10 Sep | Life on Land & Water | Chp. 2 & Chp. 3 | Review 2 & 3 | Pay $5, carpool & jobs |
| 12 Sep | Temperature Relations | Chp. 4 | Review 4 | Writing & Example; field trip organization |
| 21 Sep | Field Trip to Big
Creek Reserve in the Big Sur. Directions
& Safety, Entry
Info, Equipment List,
Schedule of Activities, waivers from Cabrillo
and U.C.
3pm Friday to 7pm Sunday |
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| 17 Sep | Ecology of Stomata (in Rm. 627) | Chp. 5 | Review 5 | Water Relations |
| 19 Sep | Energy & Nutrient Relations | Chp. 6 | Review 6 | Big Creek field trip organization |
| 24 Sep | Social Relations | Chp. 7 | Review 7 | Big Creek Research Results |
| 26 Sep | Pop. Genetics & Natural Selection |
Chp. 8 | Review 8 | Kuru inheritance software and worksheet |
| 1 Oct | Plankton
Diversity (in Rm. 627 at 8:30) |
Midterm One (in Rm 615 at 11?) |
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| 3 Oct | Population Distribution & Abundance | Chp. 9 | Review 9 | Quadrat Sampling lab |
| 8 Oct | Population Dynamics | Chp. 10 | Review 10 | Demography of the Dead |
| 10 Oct | Population Growth | Chp. 11 | Review 11 | Modeling & Demography of Humans |
| 15 Oct | Life Histories | Chp. 12 | Review 12 | Project Discussion |
| 17 Oct | Competition | Chp. 13 | Review 13 | |
| 22 Oct | Exploitation | Chp. 14 | Review 14 | Project Discussion |
| 24 Oct | Mutualism | Chp. 15 | Review 15 | Project Discussion |
| 29 Oct | Midterm Two | Project Discussion | ||
| 30 Oct | Species Abundance & Diversity | Chp. 16 | Review 16 | Measuring Diversity |
| 5 Nov | Species Interactions & Community Structure | Chp. 17 | Review 17 | Food Webs |
| 7 Nov | 1° Production & Energy Flow | Chp. 18 | Review 18 | The Role of Disturbance |
| 14 Nov | Nutrient Cycling & Retention | Chp. 19 | Review 19 | Carbon Budgets |
| 19 Nov | Succession & Stability | Chp. 20 | Review 20 | Project Discussion |
| 21 Nov | Landscape Ecology | Chp. 21 | Review 21 | No Lab |
| 26 Nov | Biogeography |
Chp. 22 | Review 22 | GIS, ESRI, DIVA, and Society for Conservation GIS |
| 28 Nov | Global Ecology |
Chp. 23 | Review 23 | Project Discussion |
| 3 Dec | Midterm Three | |||
| 5 Dec | Final Exam |
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| 10 Dec | Presentations | Presentations | ||
| 12 Dec | Presentations | Presentations | ||
| 17 Dec | Room 5005 from 9:00am-9:50am |
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