Dr. George Roderick Biology 1B Spring 2014 Ecology Schedule


Dr. George Roderick
is the instructor for the Ecology portion of Biology 1B for Spring 2014 semester. Click on his picture to learn about his research interests.

Office Hours: Mon. 9-10 AM, Tues. 2-3 PM, Wed. 9-10 AM, Thurs 8-9 AM, in 1117 VLSB.

E-mail: roderick.help@berkeley.edu

Reading Assignments are from the textbook Biology, Campbell et al., 9th and 10th Editions.

The midterm and final exams for the Ecology section of Bio1B will cover ALL material, including assigned reading from the text and labs, and lab concepts, but will emphasize the lectures. The page numbers correspond to Campbell 9th and 10th editions, though the concepts and numbered text sections are much the same in earlier editions. Some reading is assigned out of order so that the theory and applications for a topic are covered at the same time. By the end of the Ecology lectures, all of Campbell Section 8, Chapters 52-56, will be assigned so feel free to read in any order. The reading averages 9 pages per lecture. The additional interviews in the text and chapter reviews are not assigned reading, though they are really interesting and useful for review.

Prof. Roderick's lecture schedule in PDF format.



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LectureDateLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell, 9th Edition
(10th Edition in parentheses)
Ecology 1Friday
April 4
Physical geography1144-1149
(1158-1163)
Ecology 2Monday
April 7
Biogeography519-521, 1150-1156, 1157-1163, 1163-1167
(532-534, 1164-1170, 1171-1176, 1177-1181)
Ecology 3Wednesday
April 9
Populations in space and time1170-1175, 1175-1177, 1186-1187, 1187-1191
(1184-1190, 1190-1192, 1200-1201, 1201-1204)
Ecology 4Friday
April 11
Limits to growth & life histories1177-1179, 1179-1181
(1192-1194, 1195-1197)
Ecology 5Monday
April 14
Managing populations1182-1185, 1244-1249
(1197-1200, 1261-1265)
Ecology 6Wednesday
April 16
Interspecific interactions1194-1200
(1208-1215)
Ecology 7Friday
April 18
Interactions and consequences1185-1186
(1200-1200)
Ecology 8Monday
April 21
Communities in space and time1207-1210
(1222-1225)
Ecology 9Wednesday
April 23
Food webs1200-1206, 1213-1215, 1225-1227
(1216-1221, 1228-1229, 1232-1234, 1239-1241)
Ecology 10Friday
April 25
Biodiversity science1211-1213, 1232-1235, 1249-1254
(1225-1228, 1265-1269)
Ecology 11Monday
April 28
Ecosystem processes1223-1225, 1227-1232
(1235-1239, 1244-1248)
Ecology 12Wednesday
April 30
Biogeochemical cycles1232-1235
(1248-1251)
Ecology 13Friday
May 2
Global change biology1149-1150, 1238-1244, 1254-1260, 1260-1261
(1163-1164, 1254-1261, 1269-1275, 1276-1277)
Monday
May 12
Midterm #3 & Final Exam, 8-11 AM

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