Syllabus (.pdf file)
Frequently Asked Questions
Exams
Exam 1 key
Exam 2 key
Exam 3 key
Review Questions
Exam 1 , Exam
2 , Exam 3, Exam 4
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1; Spreadsheet
Problem Set 2; Spreadsheet
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4; Version 6 writeup (pdf); Version 5 writeup with
tables (pdf)
(note: the Problem Set 4 writeups should be nearly identical,
except the tables from version 6 would not reproduce.
The version 5 writup has the correct tables, but refers to pages
in the old edition of your textbook)
Extra Credit Answers
EC 1 , EC 2 , EC 3 , EC 4 , EC 5 , EC 6 , EC 7 , EC 8
Skeletal Lecture Notes:
Lecture 1: Introduction (no notes)
Lecture 2: Structuring principles
Lecture 3: Predator-prey behavior
Lecture 4: Physiological ecology
Lecture 5: Plant and animal distributions
Lecture 6: The carbon cycle and global
climate change
Lecture 7: How are ecological communities
(biomes) distributed?
Lecture 8: Evolutionary ecology
Lecture 9: Life histories
Lecture 10: Sex, behavior, and evolution
Lecture 11: Social behavior
Lecture 12: Dispersal behavior and
migration
Lecture 13: Population size and growth
Lecture 14: Population demography
Lecture 15: Human population growth
Lecture 16: Population regulation and
dynamics
Lecture 17: Maximum sustainable yield in
fisheries
Lecture 18: Genetics of small
populations
Lecture 19: Spatial ecology and
conservation biology
Lecture 20: Extinction
and conservation (.doc file)
Lecture 21: The ecology, evolution, and
behavior of disease
Lecture 22: Biological control of pests
(predation)
Lecture 23: Predator-prey interactions,
concepts
Lecture 24: Competition
Lecture 25: Competition, concepts
Lecture 26: Mutualism and coevolution
Lecture 27: Speciation
Lecture 28: Food webs and
community structure (.doc file)
Lecture 29: Human biological and
cultural evolution
Lecture 30: Landscape
ecology (.doc file)
Discussion: primate conservation
Lecture 31: Patterns of biodiversity
Lecture 32: Habitat loss and
biodiversity
Lecture 33: Succession and disturbance
Lecture 34: Ecosystem
production and decomposition
Lecture 35: Invasion by non-native
species
Lecture 36: Biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning
Lecture 37: The nitrogen cycle and
impacts of pollution
Lecture 38: Environmental factors and
the spread of human civilization