Online Lecture Outlines
Below are links to the lectures for this course. They will be added as they are prepared, so don't panic if you get an error message when trying to download future lectures.
These are outlines and illustrations only. To hear the explanations of concepts and learn examples (all of which may be on the exam), you need to come to lecture!
Lecture 1. Thursday Sept. 4, 2008.
NO CLASSES Sept. 9 or 11, or Labs Sept. 8 or 15 . I will be in Newfoundand.
Index to the October 2004 issue of the American Journal of Botany. This is where you will find the papers referred to in Lecture 1 and Assignment 1, Keeling (2004) and Palmer et al. (2004).
Assignment 1. Due Tuesday September 23.
On Tuesday Sept. 16, we will finish Lecture 1, reviewing phylogenetic trees (Palmer 2004 Fig 1, Palmer 2004 Fig 2, Keeling 2004 Fig 1, and Keeling 2004 Fig 3), and then carry on with Lecture 2, below.
Lecture 2. Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008.
On Thursday Sept. 18, we will go on a brief campus hike, starting from PAB east doors at 10:30 sharp, to see some of the diversity of plants that we will study in a semi-natural setting.
Lecture 3. Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008.
Essay Instructions. Due Tuesday November 18.
Lecture 4. Thursday Sept. 25 - Tuesday Sept. 30, 2008.
Assignment 2. Due Tuesday October 7.
The May 2009 Loire Valley (France) Bike Trip Activity Course, led by UWO President Dr. Paul Davenport and Kinesiology Prof Dr. Al Salmoni. Information meeting for the Loire Valley (France) May 2009 Bike Trip Activity Course:
Thursday, October 2, 7:00 p.m.
Room 3250 3M Centre
The President's diary of the 2008 trip can be found at:
http://www.uwo.ca/pvp/loire.html.
Lecture 5. Thursday Oct. 2, 2008.
Lecture 6. Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008.
Lecture 7. Thursday Oct. 9, 2008.
Lecture 8. Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008.
Lecture 9. Thursday Oct. 16, 2008.
Midterm Oct. 21, in class, covers lecture material to end of Lecture 9.
Lecture 10. Thursday Oct. 23, 2008 (actually, the last half of Lecture 9, above, with 2 added slides)
Mary Gartshore speaks about Ecological Restoration, Friday Nov 14, 2008, Wolf Hall (London Public Library, Galleria), 7 pm.
David Suzuki at UWO Monday Nov 17, 2008, Alumni Hall, 7 pm.
Assignment 3. Due Tuesday October 28. [Also posted on WebCT]
Science Internship Day Saturday October 25th, 2008 . For a full schedule of presenters, please visit: www.uwo.ca/sci/career/student/events.html.
Lecture 11. Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008.
Lecture 12. Thursday Oct. 30 AND Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008.
BUGS Helen Battle Seminar: Dr. Beth MacDougall-Shackleton, Monday Nov. 10, 2008, 5:30-6:30 pm, NCB 117.
Lecture 13. Thursday Nov. 6, 2008 (and probably also the following Tuesday).
Lecture 14. Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008.
Lecture 15. Thursday Nov. 13, 2008.
Lecture 16. Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008.
NSERC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD (USRA) . Applications due January 6, 2009.
Lecture 17. Thursday Nov. 20, 2008.
Lecture 18. Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008.
Lecture 19. Thursday Nov. 27, 2008.
Lecture 20. Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008.
NO More to come ... That is it!
Final Review Part I: key terms and concepts. Posted Nov. 20, 2008.
Final Review Part II: example questions. Coming soon.
