lectures

Lectures:

P&AB 137 – Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-12:00.

Please be sure to attend every lecture as attendance will be taken at the start of each class.
Powerpoint lecture presentations will be posted on the website at least 24h before each lecture. You may download these and use them to take notes during class. It should be noted that the course content will not, necessarily, adhere directly to the textbook, but you are expected to read the sections that are identified in the syllabus. For engaging discussions during class please be sure to read the relevant pages prior to the lecture.

Lecture notes:

Lecture 1: Introduction, evolution, climate constraints
Lecture 2: Aquatic and terrestrial environments
Lecture 3: Ecosystem energetics, decomposition and nutrient cycles
Review of Lectures 1 - 3
Lecture 4: Plant adaptations to the environment
Lecture 5: Animal adaptations to the environment; Life history patterns
Lecture 6: Populations
Lecture 7: Species interactions
Lecture 8: Community ecology
Lecture 9: Landscape ecology
- Slide show music: Rajaton
- Baraka
- Manufactured landscapes
Lecture 10: Population growth, resource use and sustainability
- The Story of Stuff
- The power of community (How cuba survived peak oil)
Lecture 11: Habitat loss, biodiversity, and conservation; Global climate change
- Into the wilderness (Planet Earth)

Readings from textbook:

Sections not covered

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