Dr. Mary Power Biology 1B Fall 2019 Ecology Schedule


Dr. Mary Power is the instructor for the Ecology section

Office Hours: MW 9-10, Th 11-12, 2195 VLSB (through Sept. 6), 2015 VLSB (beginning Sept. 9)

E-mail: mepower@berkeley.edu



HomeEcologyEvolutionOrganismal Biology


Lecture
Day / Date
Lecture Topic
Reading Assignment
Campbell, 11th Edition
Ecology 1W / Aug 28Questions and methods in scientific ecologySections 1.1-1.3, Unit 8 Researcher profile, start of Chapter 52 up to (but not including) Section 52.1, and "Dispersal and Distribution" from 52.4 to the end of Chapter 52, including the Chapter Review
Ecology 2F / Aug 30Large scale patterns of ecological control:
Climate, microclimates and biomes		Sections 52.1-52.3
M / Sept 2Labor Day Holiday
Ecology 3W / Sept 4Conditions and resources for life in aquatic and terrestrial habitatsSections 52.4-52.5
Ecology 4F / Sept 6Organismal ecology: behavior, movements, life histories and habitat selectionSection 53.4
Ecology 5M / Sept 9Population ecologySections 53.1-53.3
Ecology 6W / Sept 11Factors that limit or regulate populationsSection 53.5 to the end of Chapter 53, including the Chapter Review
Ecology 7F / Sept 13Species interactions: competition, predation, parasitism, herbivory, detritivory and mutualismStart of Chapter 54-Section 54.1
Ecology 8M / Sept 16Food webs, food chains and species interaction strengthSection 54.2
Ecology 9W / Sept 18Disturbance and successionSection 54.3
Ecology 10F / Sept 20Biogeography and spatial ecologySection 54.4 to the end of Chapter 54, including the Chapter Review
Ecology 11M / Sept 23Energy flow and material cyclingStart of Chapter 55-Section 55.4, and 56.4
Ecology 12W / Sept 25Ecosystem state changes and global changeSection 55.5 through the end of Chapter 55
Ecology 13F / Sept 27Global change ecologyChapter 56, including the Chapter Review (on Final Exam, but not on Midterm)
F / Sept 27Midterm #1, 7-8:15 PM