BIO 202     Terrestrial Ecology, Fall 2004
Course Syllabus and Tentative Schedule
	Class Times:
		Tu, Th  3:05–4:20 pm
	Instructor:
		Carl F Moxey, PhD	Room S10A
		Campus phone:	508-849-3384
		E-mail:	cmoxey@annamaria.edu
		Office hours:	M–Th  12:00–1:00 pm
	Text:
		CJ Krebs, Ecology, 5/e, Benjamin Cummings, 2001. ISBN 0-321-04289-1
	Week	Date	Lecture Topic	Chapter	Assignment
	1	Tuesday, 31 August, 2004	Introduction	1
	2	Tuesday, 07 September, 2004	Evolution and Ecology	2
		Lab 1	Using Spreadsheets
		Thursday, 09 September, 2004
	3	Tuesday, 14 September, 2004	Dispersal, Habitat Selection, and Interspecific Interactions	4, 5, 6
		Thursday, 16 September, 2004
	4	Tuesday, 21 September, 2004	Abiotic Factors; Distribution and Abundance	7, 8
		Lab 2	Spreadsheet Graphics
		Thursday, 23 September, 2004
	5	Tuesday, 28 September, 2004			Lab 1 report due
		Labs 3, 4	Predator Functional Response
			Spatial Patterns
	6	Tuesday, 05 October, 2004	Population Parameters	9
	7	Tuesday, 12 October, 2004	Population Growth	11
		Thursday, 14 October, 2004
	8	Tuesday, 19 October, 2004	Mid-Term Exam		Lab 2 report due
		Lab 5	Population Estimation
	9	Tuesday, 26 October, 2004	Competition and Predation	12, 13
		Thursday, 28 October, 2004
	10	Tuesday, 02 November, 2004	Herbivory and Mutualism	14	Lab 3 & 4 reports due
		Thursday, 04 November, 2004
	11	Tuesday, 09 November, 2004	Disease and Parasitism	15
		Lab 6	Life Table Analysis
	12	Tuesday, 16 November, 2004			Lab 5 report due
		Lab 7	Plant Competition
	13	Tuesday, 23 November, 2004	Communities	20	Lab 6 report due
		Thursday, 25 November, 2004
	14	Tuesday, 30 November, 2004	Biodiversity	22	Lab 7 report due
		Lab 8	GPS Location
	15	Tuesday, 07 December, 2004	Summary
		Thursday, 09 December, 2004	Reading Day
		Friday, 10 December, 2004	Exam Period
	16	Tuesday, 14 December, 2004	Exam Period
		Wednesday, 15 December, 2004	Final Exam
		Grading:
			Mid-Term Exam	30%
			Final Exam	35%
			Laboratory	35%
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