IB153 Fall 2005

IB 153 Population and Community Ecology, Fall 2005

Term Papers and Final Exams may be picked up from outside 4184 between 7AM and 5PM starting Tuesday, Dec. 19

Instructors:

First half of course:

Second half of course:

Cherie Briggs
office: 4014 VLSB
office hours: Mondays 2-3, Tuesdays 4-5
e-mail: cbriggs@berkeley.edu

Mary Power
office: 4184 VLSB
office hours: Mon. 1:15-2, Wed. 2-3

e-mail: mepower@berkeley.edu

GSIs:

Maria Goodrich
office: 4178 VLSB
office hours: Tuesdays 9-10 and by appointment

e-mail: goodrich@berkeley.edu

Margaret Metz
office: 4181 VLSB
office hours: Wednesdays 11-12 and by appointment

e-mail: mmetz@berkeley.edu

Link to Discussion Section Web Page

Syllabus

Book: C. J. Krebs, Ecology, 5th edition

Synthesis paper resources:

Assignment:

Due Date:

Synthesis Paper Instructions.

new: writing tips from your GSIs

Final paper (20 pts) due December 9, 2005, 12:00 PM (noon), 4184 VLSB

OR Early draft (5 pts) due Nov. 17 in class, Final draft (15 pts) due December 9 (as above)

Sample papers from 2004

Bioscience Library

bibliographic databases

electronic journals (Not every article is on the web – sometimes you have to go to the library!)

proxy server setup

UW Madison Writer’s Handbook

avoiding plagiarism

paraphrasing sources

writing clearly and concisely

editing checklist (twelve common errors)

How to Recognize Plagiarism (IU Bloomington)

examples of paraphrasing

Ecology citation style examples

Schedule:

Week:	Date:	Topic:	Lecture Notes and Handouts:	Readings:
1	Tues: 8/30/05	Introduction and organization	Syllabus	Chap 1
1	Thurs: 9/1/05	Approaches to Ecology	approaches_web.pdf	Chap 1, 3
2	Tues: 9/6/05	Limits to distribution	distribution_web.pdf	Chap 4-8
2	Thurs: 9/8/05	Demography	demography_web.pdf	Chap 9, 10
3	Tues: 9/13/05	Life Histories	lifehistories_web.pdf	Chap 10
3	Thurs: 9/15/05	Population growth, intraspecific competition	IntraspecificCompetition_web.pdf	Chap 11
4	Tues: 9/20/05	Population regulation	PopRegulation_web.pdf	Chap 16
4	Thurs: 9/22/05	Interspecific competition	InterspecificCompetition_web.pdf	Chap 12
5	Tues: 9/27/05	Interspecific competition	Competition_Part2_web.pdf	Chap 12
5	Thurs: 9/29/05	Trophic ecology	predation1_web.pdf	Chap 13
6	Tues: 10/4/05	Parasitism and disease	Guest lecture by Dr. John Latto	Chap13, part of Chap 14
6	Thurs: 10/6/05	Predation	predation2_web.pdf	Chap 15
7	Tues: 10/11/05	Spatial processes	space_web.pdf	Chap 18
7	Thurs: 10/13/05	Review session	midterm_examples.pdf midterm_examples_answers.pdf list of equations which will be supplied on midterm: equations.pdf
8	Tues: 10/18/05	MIDTERM
8	Thurs: 10/20/05	Herbivory, detritivory	herbivory lecture, herbivory handout, notes and reading list	Chap 14
9	Tues: 10/25/05	Mutualisms	mutualism lecture, mutualism handout, reading list	Chap 14
9	Thurs: 10/27/05	Defining and delimiting communities	communities lecture, communities handout, reading list	Chap 20
10	Tues: 11/1/05	Food webs, food chains	food webs lecture, food webs handout, reading list	Chap 23, 24
10	Thurs: 11/3/05	Alternative (stable?) states	alternate states lecture, alternate states handout, reading list	Chap 24
11	Tues: 11/8/05	Disturbance, succession	disturbance lecture, disturbance handout, reading list	Chap 21, 24
11	Thurs: 11/10/05	Island biogeography and reserve design	Guest lecture by Dr. Jeff Corbin Maria has some extra paper copies of the handout	Chap 19, 24 (501-508)
12	Tues: 11/15/05	Fisheries management	Guest lecture by Dr. Wendy Palen management lecture, management handout, web links	Chap 17, 18
12	Thurs: 11/17/05	Ecosystems: primary production and energy flux Early synthesis paper drafts due for students using this option.	energy flux handout, reading list	Chap 25
13	Tues: 11/22/05	Secondary production and stoichiometry Ecosystem fluxes: nutrients	material cycling handout	Chap 26 Chap 27
13	Thurs: 11/24/05	Thanksgiving (no class)
14	Tues: 11/29/05	Spatial fluxes	spatial flux lecture
14	Thurs: 12/1/05	Conservation and resource management	conservation and resource lecture
15	Tues: 12/6/05	Global biodiversity: patterns, changes	global change lecture, global change handout, reading list	Chap 22
	Thurs: 12/8/05	Review	slides, sample questions
	Fri: 12/9/05	Synthesis papers due by 12:00 (noon) to 4184 VLSB
16	Wed: 12/14/05	Final Exam: 12:30-3:30, 101 Moffitt

Population Ecology EXAMPLE MIDTERM QUESTIONS

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