IB 153 Population and
Community Ecology, Fall 2004
Updated: 12/8/04
Instructors:
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First half of course: |
Second half of course: |
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Cherie
Briggs |
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Mary Power |
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GSIs:
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Maria Goodrich |
Kevin
Simonin |
Discussion Section Web Page
Synthesis paper assignment (due Dec. 9 in
class)
Some
useful resources are posted at the bottom of this page.
Final exam: Wednesday, Dec.
15, 12:30-3:30 pm, 102 Wurster
Hall
Syllabus
Book: C.
J. Krebs, Ecology, 5th edition
Schedule:
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1 |
Tues: 8/31/04 |
Introduction and organization |
Chap 1 |
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Thurs: 9/2/04 |
Approaches to Ecology |
Chap 1, 3 |
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2 |
Tues: 9/7/04 |
Limits to distribution |
Chap 4-8 |
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Thurs: 9/9/04 |
Demography |
Chap 9, 10 |
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3 |
Tues: 9/14/04 |
Life Histories |
I was having trouble uploading the entire presentation as
one file, so here it is in 2 parts: |
Chap 10 |
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Thurs: 9/16/04 |
Population growth, intraspecific competition |
Chap 11 |
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4 |
Tues: 9/21/04 |
Population regulation |
Guest lecture by Maria Goodrich: intraspecific_comp.ppt |
Chap 16 |
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Thurs: 9/23/04 |
Parasitism and disease |
Cherie is sick today, so the guest lecture on parasitism
and disease by John Latto that was planned for 10/5/04 has been moved up to
today. |
Chap 13 |
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5 |
Tues: 9/28/04 |
Interspecific competition |
interspecific_comp.ppt |
Chap 12 |
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Thurs: 9/30/04 |
Interspecific competition |
Lecture continued from Tuesday. |
Chap 12 |
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6 |
Tues: 10/5/04 |
Finishing Interspecific competition/Starting Predation |
Chap13, part of Chap 14 |
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Thurs: 10/7/04 |
Predation |
Chap 15 |
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7 |
Tues: 10/12/04 |
Consumer-resource dynamics |
Chap 18 |
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Thurs: 10/14/04 |
Spatial processes |
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8 |
Tues: 10/19/04 |
MIDTERM |
Warning: Cherie will be out
of town from 10/18/04-10/19/04. Please get your midterm questions
answered before then. |
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Thurs: 10/2104 |
Herbivory, detritivory |
Herbivory-detritivory reading list, Herbivory-detritivory slides |
Chap 14 |
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9 |
Tues: 10/26/04 |
Mutualisms |
Chap 14 |
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Thurs: 10/28/04 |
Food webs, food chains |
Chap 23, 24 |
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10 |
Tues: 11/2/04 |
Disturbance, succession |
Chap 21, 24 |
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Thurs: 11/4/04 |
Alternative (stable?) states |
Chap 24 |
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11 |
Tues: 11/9/04 |
Island biogeography and reserve design |
Chap 19, 24 (501-508) |
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Thurs: 11/11/04 |
Veterans Day |
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12 |
Tues: 11/16/04 |
Resource and pest management |
Chap 17, 18 |
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Thurs: 11/18/04 |
Ecosystems: primary production |
Chap 25 |
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13 |
Tues: 11/23/04 |
Secondary production and stoichiometry |
Secondary production and stoichiometry slides, Secondary production and stoichiometry reading list |
Chap 26 |
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Thurs: 11/25/04 |
Thanksgiving |
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14 |
Tues: 11/30/04 |
Ecosystem fluxes: nutrients |
Chap 27 |
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Thurs: 12/2/04 |
Species and ecosystems |
Guest lecture by Kevin Simonin: Species and ecosystems slides |
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15 |
Tues: 12/7/04 |
Global biodiversity: patterns, changes |
Chap 22 |
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Thurs: 12/9/04 |
Review, Synthesis Paper Due, GSI Evaluations |
Be prepared with questions for exam review. Bring a #2 pencil to do GSI evaluations. |
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Wed: 12/15/04 |
FINALInstructor Evaluations |
12:30-3:30 pm, 102 Wurster
Hall Bring a #2 pencil to do instructor evaluations. |
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Thurs: 12/16/04 |
Tentative return date for synthesis
papers
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Papers can be picked up outside of 4184 between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm from today until the end of the semester. |
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Ecology Links:
Ecological Society
of America
Publications
of the Ecological Society of America
List of Ecology-Related Seminars on Campus
from the California Biodiversity Center
Material from first half of the semester:
Page
of equations for first midterm
Correction
to Krebs page 86 (I'm not sure how many copies of the book have this problem,
but in mine, the labels on the figure axes are not complete. I've also
seen copies that are correct.)
Correction to Homework 2 assignment. In the version that I handed out
on class, on the third line of the second problem, it should read:
"The flour beetles have a density-dependent death rate that
increases linearly with increasing flour beetle density". Also, both
the birth and death rates that I describe are the per-capita rates.
Homework Assignments:
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Homework: |
Due Date: |
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Homework 1: Demography |
September 23 |
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Homework 2: Population
Dynamics (the version here has been corrected) |
October 14 |
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Homework 3: Competition/Predation |
October 14 |
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Sample Midterm Questions |
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Synthesis paper resources:
A few good scientific writing examples – these show the general form and tone that is expected in your synthesis paper; the Jones and Chapman papers are also examples of the Ecology citation format you must use for this assignment:
Paine
et al. 1998.pdf – Compounded perturbations yield ecological
surprises. Good synthesis review, also useful background if you are
doing your project on option #3.
Jones et al.
1997.pdf – Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem
engineers. Another good synthesis review, also potentially useful if
you are working on option #1.
Findlay
and Sinsabaugh 1999.pdf – Unravelling the sources and bioavailability of
dissolved organic matter in lotic aquatic ecosystems. Another example
of a synthesis review…..
Chapman et
al. 2003.pdf – Insect hervibory increases litter quality and decomposition:
an extension of the acceleration hypothesis. Cool experimental paper
with excellent synthesis in the discussion.
General writing guidance
UW Madison Writing Center – Excellent online handbook for improving your writing: organization, grammar and punctuation, clarity, proper citation usage, plagiarism issues, editing, etc.