| week - lecture date |
Unit | Topics | Chap. | Laboratory | Session meets |
| 1 - Oct 2 |
Unit 1 | Environmental Problems Sustainability |
1,2 | Orientation Measurement of Biodivesity |
in lab |
| 2 - Oct 9 |
Scientific method Systems view |
3 | Biodiversity measurements | on your own | |
| 3 - Oct 16 |
Ecosystems: material and energy flow |
4 | Energy and material measurement of biological work |
in lab | |
| 4 - Oct 23 |
Unit 2 | Communities: processes and biodiversity |
5 | Standing stock and growth | in lab |
| 5 - Oct 30 |
Climate and biomes Global biodiversity |
6 | Factors that determine community structure | in lab | |
| 6 - Nov 6 |
Unit 3 |
Population dynamics |
9 | Comparison of two habitats for productivity | on your own |
| 7 - Nov 13 |
Conservation Biology Sustaining terrestrial ecosystems |
8, 9 | Discussion of factors that conserve biodiversity | in lab | |
| 8 - Nov 20 |
Unit 4 | Agriculture Pest Control |
12, 20 | Reserves: size and distance | on your own |
| 9 - Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving holiday | No Labs | |||
| 10 - Dec 4 |
Biodiversity Conservation plans in Oregon and Costa Rica |
22, 23 | Discussion of factors the help conservation | in lab | |
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Final -
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Mon. Dec 8 10:15am | quiz #4 and "make up" quiz |
ATTENTION: THE DATE OF QUIZ #4 AND THE FINAL QUIZ (MAKE-UP QUIZ) WAS INCORRECT ON THE SYLLABUS. THE CORRECT DATE IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 AT 10:15AM.