Biology 301Ecology and EvolutionFall 2002CLS
005TTH 3:30PM- 4:45PMDr. Sarah Woodin, CLS 406, 7-4254 or 7-4141
or email: woodin@biol.sc.edu
Dr. David Wethey, EWS 704, 7-3936 or 7-4141 or email: wethey@biol.sc.edu
Office
Hours: Mon 2-3 (Woodin), Tues 1:30-2:30
(Wethey), and by appointment
Email Office Hours: Tues 5-7, Thurs 5-7
Required
Text: The Economy of Nature, fifth edition by Robert E. Ricklefs On
Reserve: Evolutionary Analysis, second edition by Scott Freeman and Jon
C. Herron (abbreviated as F&H)
previous examinations
On the internet: On
the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, 1st Edition
Click here
to download Populus
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Introduction
to the course, ecological/environmental stage evolutionary play, means and
variances
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Aug.
22
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Ricklefs
Ch 1read the data analysis component of the Biology 301L lab
manual ---- www.biol.sc.edu/courses/bio301L/data_analysis.pdf
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Darwin:
Artificial selection
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Aug.
27
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Darwin
Ch 1
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Darwin:
Natural selection
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Aug
29
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Darwin
Ch 4Diagram
("Natural Selection, Circumstances Favorable, Chapter Summary")
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Darwin: Homology,
biogeography, adaptation, evidence for natural selection
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Sept
3
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F&H
47-62 "packet # 1" on reserve in library
Darwin
Ch 6 ("Transitions, Organs of extreme perfection, Chapter
Summary")
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Darwin: Common descent, General
deductions Speciation
and Phylogeny
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Sept
5
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Darwin
Ch 10
F&H
Ch 2 "packet #2" on reserve in library
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Population
Genetics and evolution, constraints
on genetic variation, Hardy-Weinberg
model, selection
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Sept
10
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Ricklefs
311-315F&H 109-125 "packet #3" on reserve in
library
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Random
drift, mutation, migration, inbreeding
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Sept
12
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Ricklefs
316-322F&H 142-144 "packet #4" on reserve in
library
F&H 155-170 "packet #4" on
reserve in library
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Directional
Selection
and quantitative traits
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Sept
17
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Ricklefs
322-328F&H 241-243 "packet #5" on reserve in
library
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Sexual selection,
reproductive behavior
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Sept
19
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Ricklefs
Ch 11
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Altruism and kin
selection
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Sept
24
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Ricklefs
Ch 12
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Exam I
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Sept 26
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Foraging
behavior
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Oct
1
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Ricklefs
192-196
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Distributions of
organisms:dispersal, habitat selection, physiological
limitations, environmental heterogeneity
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Oct
3-8
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Ricklefs
Ch 13
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Population
demography:age structure
Life history evolution
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Oct
10
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Ricklefs
Ch 14Ricklefs Ch 10CAPA homework assignment – due Oct 17
at 3:30 pm
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Fall
Break
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Oct
15
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Population
growth models
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Oct
17
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Ricklefs
Ch 14
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Population fluctuations and cycles
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Oct
22
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Ricklefs
293-301
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Metapopulations, patches, environmental grain
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Oct
24
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Ricklefs
302-310
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Population
interactions:competition
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Oct
29
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Ricklefs
Ch 19
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Population
interactions:predation
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Oct
31
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Ricklefs
Ch 17-18
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Election
Day
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Nov
5
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Exam II
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Nov 7
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Physical
Environment
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Nov
12
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Ricklefs
Ch 4
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Community structure, disturbance,
equilibrium or not, Experimental analysis
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Nov
14
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Ricklefs
Ch 21
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Species diversity, causal factors, consequences,
patterns in Recent
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Nov
19
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Ricklefs
Ch 23
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Succession
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Nov
21
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Ricklefs
Ch 22 CAPA homework due Tues Nov 26
3:30 pm
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Energy flow and trophic structure
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Nov
26
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Ricklefs
Ch 6
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Thanksgiving
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Nov
28
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Biogeochemical cycling and nutrient regeneration
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Dec
3
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Ricklefs
Ch 7
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Human population growth
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Dec
5
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Ricklefs
Ch 26
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Exam III
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Dec 9
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5:30 p.m.
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There
are three examinations including the final.The final is not cumulative.All
exams will have a similar format of short answer questions, problems, and short
essay questions.Students will be expected to interpret data presented as tables
as well as in graphical form.Material for the examinations will come both from
lecture and the readings.In addition to the major examinations there will be
several quizzes, homework assignments, and discussions.The quizzes plus the
homework and discussions will count for 10% of your grade.The examinations will
count for 90% of your grade.The grading scale is
A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F below
60.(B+ 88-89, C+ 78-79)
Makeup
examinations will not be allowed without a written doctor’s excuse or written
proof of a genuine family emergency.Students
are expected to attend all lectures and to read the assigned text prior
to the lecture.The instructors will be available both during office hours and
by appointment.Please, if you are confused, come see us or send us questions
via email.Note there is an email ‘office hour’ period.Answers to questions
submitted during email period will be provided by 9 pm that evening.Email questions
submitted during other times will typically be answered within 24 hours.Changes
to the course schedule (if any) and outlines of lectures will be posted on the
Department of Biological Sciences web page at http://www.biol.sc.edu/~wethey/301/
Lecture outlines will be posted each week.Homework assignments will be
announced in class and typically will be due at the beginning of the next class
period.Some homework will be done using CAPA.For
each week there is the following standing homework assignment:(1) submit a
possible exam question based on that week’s lectures (it can include
information from preceding lectures) and (2) submit a short (no more than
one-third of a page) summary of the primary points of the week’s lectures.These
can be submitted via email prior to the next week’s first lecture or at the
beginning of that lecture.Particularly good exam questions will be used on the
exam and from 2 to 5 extra credit points given to the author.URL:http://www.biol.sc.edu/~wethey/301/index.html