2015 Lectures - Notes and Reading Assignments*

Lecture/Topic

Notes Readings / Assignment
Introduction to Ecology Lecture 1 Chapter 1

Cavitt et al 1999

Hypothesis Testing and Armchair Ecology
Evolution No in class lecture Chapter 2
Introduction to Physiological Ecology Lecture 3 Chapter 3

Critical Thinking Question 1
Plant Physiological Ecology Lecture 4  
Animal Physiological Ecology Lecture 5  
Population Ecology Lecture 6 Chapter 8
Case and Deaton 2015
Population Growth Lecture 7 Chapter 9
Population Cycles Lecture 8 Krebs et al. 1995
Life History Theory Lecture 9 Chapter 10
Community Ecology Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Chapter 11, 13, 14, 15 (Lecture material not presented in this order)

Critical Thinking Question 2
Succession Hypotheses

*see article by Case and Deaton above
Ecosystem Ecology Lecture 13 Chapter 16, 17