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Fall 2006 ClassesBiology 1B: General BiologyGeneral introduction to plant development, form, and
function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Instructors: Integrative Biology 153: Population and Community EcologyPrinciples of microbial, animal, and plant population ecology, illustrated with examples from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. Consideration of the roles of physical and biological processes in structuring natural communities. Observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches to population and community ecology will be discussed. Topics will include quantitative approaches relying on algebra and elementary calculus. Discussion section will review recent literature in ecology. Instructors:
Mary Power, Wayne Sousa Integrative Biology 250: Seminar in EcologyA general discussion of papers on topics of interest in population and community ecology. Instructors:
David Ackerly, Todd Dawson, Mary Power, Wayne Sousa
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Spring 2005 ClassesIntegrative Biology 250: Food Webs and LandscapesWe will read and discuss papers that link two or more of the following concepts: controls of food web structure and dynamics (focusing on empirical field studies); influence of resource quantity (renewal or input rates) and quality (e.g. resource defenses, stoichiometry) on consumer-resource dynamics; changes in species interactions across environmental gradients or thresholds; and controls on fluxes versus retention of solutes, particles, or organisms over local to regional scales. One goal of our discussions will be to advance our understanding of landscape control over local food web interactions, and how these in turn affect local to regional fluxes in watersheds. Instructor: Mary
Power
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Fall 2005 ClassesIntegrative Biology 153: Population and Community EcologyPrinciples of microbial, animal, and plant population ecology, illustrated with examples from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. Consideration of the roles of physical and biological processes in structuring natural communities. Observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches to population and community ecology will be discussed. Topics will include quantitative approaches relying on algebra and elementary calculus. Discussion section will review recent literature in ecology. Instructors: Cherie
Briggs, Mary Power Acrobat PDF of Syllabus , Course Website
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Fall 2004 ClassesBiology 1B: General BiologyGeneral introduction to plant development, form, and
function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Instructors: Glenys
Thomson (Evolution), Acrobat PDF of Syllabus , Course Website Integrative Biology 153: Population and Community EcologyPrinciples of microbial, animal, and plant population ecology, illustrated with examples from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. Consideration of the roles of physical and biological processes in structuring natural communities. Observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches to population and community ecology will be discussed. Topics will include quantitative approaches relying on algebra and elementary calculus. Discussion section will review recent literature in ecology. Instructors: Cherie
Briggs, Mary Power Acrobat PDF of Syllabus , Course Website
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Fall 2003 ClassesIntegrative Biology 153: Population and Community EcologyPrinciples of microbial, animal, and plant population ecology, illustrated with examples from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. Consideration of the roles of physical and biological processes in structuring natural communities. Observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches to population and community ecology will be discussed. Topics will include quantitative approaches relying on algebra and elementary calculus. Discussion section will review recent literature in ecology. Instructors: Cherie
Briggs, Mary Power Integrative Biology 250a: Disturbance Ecology SeminarCross listed as EPSM 290. The goal of the Disturbance Ecology Seminar is to focus on disturbance as an ecological process in diverse ecosystems. We will define what a disturbance is and critically evaluate the language used to describe disturbances. Students will give a group seminar on a topic related to the class. A group of four or five students will research the topic, develop an extended outline and annotated bibliography, and lead a discussion during one class. Each group seminar should be approximately 45 minutes long to allow time for discussion. Please have your topic approved by one of the instructors before beginning your research. Your goals are to 1) provide a historical perspective on your topic, 2) summarize and critically analyze past and current work in the area, and 3) discuss any links between your topic and previous material presented in the seminar. Readings will be assigned to augment class material. Instructors: Scott Stephens, Wayne Sousa, Mary Power, John Battles Integrative Biology 250b: Applications of Bayesian Inference and other advanced methods to problems in ecology and environmental scienceCross listed as EPS 250, is co-taught with Jim Kirchner, a prof in Earth and Planetary Science. 3 units. After faculty presentations introducing the topic and the methods, we will discuss papers that apply Bayesian inference and other advanced methods to problems in population biology, ecology, evolution, and environmental science. Students will be responsible for summarizing and critiquing one or more papers as discussion leaders for a given evening. Instructors: Jim Kirchner, Mary Power
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Power Lab Fall 2002 ClassesIB 157: California Ecosystems and Field Biology Field Trip, Sept. 6-8: "Aldered States", Angelo Coast Range Reserve Field Trip, Sept. 27-29: "Biological indicators of ecosystem health in floodplain restoration sites along the Upper Sacramento River" Field Trip, Oct. 11: "Agricultural landscapes and the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity: Green Gulch Farm." |
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