Lecture
|
Date
|
Topic
|
1
|
27 August |
Introduction to Ecology 1 |
2
|
29 August |
Introduction and Theory |
3
|
3 September |
Theory, Q and A, Physical Environment |
4
|
5 September |
Physical Environment: Drivers of Global Climate Patterns |
5
|
8 September |
Physical Environment: Drivers of Global Climate Patterns |
6
|
10 September |
Physical Environment; Soils |
7
|
15 September |
Adaptations to the Physical Environment |
LAB 2
|
15 September |
Hypothesis Testing with Simple Statistics |
8
|
17 September |
Plant Adaptations to the Light Environment |
9
|
19 September |
Plant Adaptations: Light and Temperature |
10
|
22 September |
Plant Adaptations: Water and Nutrients |
11
|
24 September |
Animal Adaptations: Nutrients |
12
|
26 September |
Animal Adaptations: Temperature and Water |
13
|
29 September |
Animal Adaptations: Temperature and Water; Population Ecology |
14
|
29 September |
Population Ecology: Life Tables |
LAB 4
|
29 September |
Quantifying Population Distributions |
15
|
1 October |
Population Ecology: Deterministic Models |
16
|
6 October |
Population Ecology: Deterministic Models; time lags and response time |
17
|
6 October |
Population Ecology: Stochastic Models; Key Factors |
LAB 5
|
6 October |
Nonparametric Statistics |
18
|
8 October |
Population Ecology: Mortality factors, metapopulations |
19
|
13 October |
Population Ecology: population control; Community Ecology |
LAB 6
|
13 October |
Quantifying Biodiversity: Indices |
20
|
15 October |
Community Ecology: Competition |
21
|
27 October |
Community Ecology: Competition continued |
22
|
29 October |
Community Ecology: Mutualism |
23
|
31 October |
Community Ecology: Parasitism |
24
|
3 November |
Community Ecology: Predation |
25
|
10 November |
Community Ecology: Predation |
26
|
12 November |
Community Ecology: Predation |
27
|
14 November |
Community Ecology: Predation and Herbivory |
28
|
17 November |
Community Ecology: Herbivory; Ecosystem Ecology |
29
|
19 November |
Ecosystem Ecology |
