Lecture Schedule:
Biology 201 - Ecology and Evolution
Time and Place: MWF 1:00-1:50 PM, Coker Hall, Room 201
Spring 2013
Given the dynamic nature of this course, this schedule may change if some topics take a longer or shorter
amount of time than originally planned. Changes will be noted in lecture and on Sakai.
Part 1 -- Evolution. Text = Evolutionary Analysis by Freeman and Herron 2007, 4th edition
Date
9-Jan
Lecture Topic
Evolution and Society: A Case for
Evolutionary Thinking
Darwinian Natural Selection and Genetics of
Populations
Required Reading
Ch1: p3-17; Ch3: p97-105
Ch3: p73-97
CB
Ch5: p160-166, Ch6 p169182
Ch6 p182-200
Ch6 p200-210
CB
16-Jan
18-Jan
Genetic Variation and Hardy Weinberg
Equilibrium
Natural Selection I
Natural Selection II
21-Jan
23-Jan
25-Jan
MLK Day -- No class; Recitations will NOT be held this week
Mutation
Ch6 p210-218
Migration and Inbreeding
Ch 7 p223-232; p264-275
CB
CB
28-Jan
30-Jan
1-Feb
Genetic Drift
Special Topic I: Conservation Genetics
Exam Review
CB
CB
4-Feb
6-Feb
8-Feb
EXAM #1
Molecular Evolution
Phylogeny and the Comparative Method
Ch 7 p249-259; Ch1 p25-30
Ch 4
CB
CB
CB
11-Feb
13-Feb
15-Feb
Special Topic II: Evolution of Disease
Consequences of Sex
Levels of Selection / Behavior
Ch 14 p529-545; 556-560
Ch 11 and Sakai reading
Ch 12 p447-457; 471-477
CB
CB
CB
18-Feb
20-Feb
22-Feb
Life History Evolution
Speciation
History of Life & Evolution of Development
Ch 13 p483-502
Ch 16
Ch 18; Ch 19 p 725-739
CB
CB
CB
25-Feb
27-Feb
1-Mar
Special Topic III: Human Evolution
Exam Review
EXAM #2
Ch 20 p764-791
CB
11-Jan
14-Jan
Ch 7 p232-248
none
Instructor
CB
CB
CB
Part 2 -- Ecology. Text = Ecology, 2nd ed. By Cain et al.
Date
4-Mar
6-Mar
h8-Mar
11-15 Mar
Lecture Topic
Required Reading
Introduction to Ecology
Climate and Habitats
Physiological Ecology I:
Temperature & Water
Ch 1
Ch 2 22-43; Ch 3 50-77
Ch 4 82-99
Instructor
JU
JU
No class: spring break
18-Mar
20-Mar
22-Mar
Physiological Ecology II: Resources
Populations: Distribution & Abundance
Populations: Growth
Ch 5 106-124
Ch 8
Ch 9 196-208
JU
JU
JU
25-Mar
27-Mar
29-Mar
Populations: Regulation
Species Interactions: Competition
No Class: Holiday
Ch 9,10 208-230
Ch 11
JU
JU
JU
1-Apr
Ch 12
JU
Ch 13 282-286;292-301 Ch
14 302-308;313-316
JU
5-Apr
Species Interactions: Predation &
Herbivory
Species Interactions: Parasitism &
Mutualism
EXAM #3
8-Apr
Communities: Nature of Communities
Ch 15 322-331;Ch 18 388396
Ch 18 396-409; Ch 17 360370
Ch 17 370-387
JU
JU
JU
JU
JU
3-Apr
JU
10-Apr
Species Diversity
12-Apr
Biogeography
15-Apr
Food Webs & Community Structure
17-Apr
19-Apr
Ecosystems: Energy Flow
Ecosystems: Nutrient Cycling
Ch 15 331-339 Ch 20 440451
Ch 19 322-330, Ch 20
Ch 21
22-Apr
24-Apr
26-Apr
Community Succession and Stability
Landscape Ecology
Global Ecology
Ch 16
Ch 23
Ch 24
3-May
Friday, 12:00 PM -- FINAL EXAM
JU
JU
JU
JU
JU