Lecture Schedule
Lectures will make reference to assigned readings, but will not simply repeat what you have read. You will get more out of lecture if you do the reading before lecture, and will reinforce the lecture material if you do it again afterward. DQs (see below) for any articles will be due by noon the day before the lecture. Exam questions will be drawn from both lectures and readings.
Lecture handouts are pdf copies of the powerpoint slides used in class. You may download and print them before each set of lectures (username is biol211, pwd is on your syllabus). They should be helpful to every student for taking notes, but they will not be an adequate substitute for attending lecture.
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Aug 25, 27 |
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Introduction to Biodiversity |
Ch 1, 55 |
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POPULATIONS & SPECIES |
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Sep 1, 3 |
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Population & Cons. Genetics |
Ch 25 (review Ch 24) |
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Sep 8 |
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Pop. & Conservation Genetics (cont.) |
Ch 25 (review Ch 24) |
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Sep 10 |
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Population Ecology |
Ch 52 |
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Sep 15, 17 |
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Population Ecology (cont.) |
Ch 52, TBA** |
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Sep 22 |
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EXAM 1 |
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COMMUNITIES & ECOSYSTEMS |
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Sep 24 |
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Species Interactions |
Ch 53 |
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Sep 29, Oct 1 |
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Ecological Communities |
Ch 53, TBA** |
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Oct 6, 8 |
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Ecosystems |
Ch 54 |
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Oct 13 |
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*** Fall break – no class *** |
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Oct 15 |
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Climate and the Biosphere |
Ch 50, 54 |
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Oct 20 |
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Climate and the Biosphere (cont.) |
Ch 50, 54 |
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Oct 22 |
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EXAM 2 |
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BIODIVERSITY |
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10 |
Oct 27, 29 |
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Origins of Biodiversity/Phylogenies |
Ch 26, 27, TBA** |
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11 |
Nov 3, 5 |
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Bacteria & Archaea, Protists |
Ch 28, 29, TBA** |
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12 |
Nov 10, 12 |
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Plants, Fungi |
Ch 30, 31 |
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13 |
Nov 17, 19 |
10 |
Animals |
Ch 32, 33 |
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Nov 24 |
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EXAM 3 |
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Nov 26 |
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*** Thanksgiving – no class *** |
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Dec 1 |
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Animals (cont.) |
Ch 34 |
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Dec 3 |
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Humans and Biodiversity |
TBA** |
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Dec 12 |
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FINAL EXAM: 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
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*Note: chapter numbers above are for the 3rd edition of Freeman. If you have the 2nd edition of Freeman, chapters 24-34 are renumbered 23-33.
**TBA readings announced in class or by email will be available on the course webpage.
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