BIO 270- Ecology
2009- Fall
(updated 10 Sept 2009)


Syllabus (Standard)
Lecture/Lab Schedule-updated Oct. 14
 

Goolsby's Daily Schedule


Lecture PowerPoints:
(These files require PowerPoint-
it is available on every NVCC computer)

Section 1
Lecture 1-Introduction (Ch 1)
Climate (Ch 3)
Aquatic Environment (Ch 4)
Aquatic Ecosystems (Ch 24)
Terrestrial Environment (Ch 5),
Biomes (Ch 23), Decomposition (Ch. 21) & Nutrient Cycling (Ch 22)

Test 1 follows the material covered in the these lectures

Section 2
Ch. 6/7 Plant & Animal Adaptations to Environment
Ch. 8 Life History Patterns

Ch. 8 (second half (see above)
Ch. 10 population growth-
Logistic growth chapter 11 & 12
Interspecific competition chapter 13
Predation Parasitism Mutualism-Ch 14 & 15
Test 2 follows the material covered in the these lectures
 

FINAL EXAM: Cumulative

 


Lab Materials Hand-outs- Fall 2009


Sept. 9- ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE  (Anova) PROCEDURES
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING UP ECOLOGICAL REPORTS

Sept. 16- ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS  OF TREE-OF-HEAVEN- Directions & Background