Dr. Benjamin Blonder Biology 1B Spring 2024 Ecology Schedule


Dr. Benjamin Blonder
is the instructor for the Ecology section

Office Hours: See office hours calendar on our bCourses site

E-mail: benjamin.blonder@berkeley.edu



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LectureDateLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell Biology,
eds. 11-12
Ecology 1F / Feb 16Introduction; climate and biomes
M / Feb 19Presidents' Day Holiday
Ecology 2W / Feb 21Species distributions; indicator species52.1 - 52.4
Ecology 3F / Feb 23Diversity in space and time54.4
Ecology 4M / Feb 26Demography; density-independent population growth53.1 - 53.3
Ecology 5W / Feb 28Life history; density dependent population growth53.3 - 53.6
Ecology 6F / Mar 1Species interactions54.1 - 54.2
Ecology 7M / Mar 4Community structure, competition54.1 - 54.2
Ecology 8W / Mar 6Disturbance and succession54.3
Ecology 9F / Mar 8Disease ecology54.1, 54.5
Ecology 10M / Mar 11Energy and productivity54.2, 55.1 - 55.3
Ecology 11W / Mar 13Carbon cycle and climate change56.4
Ecology 12F / Mar 15Nutrient and element cycles55.4 - 55.5
Ecology 13M / Mar 18Conservation, global change, and sustainability56.1 - 56.3