Ecology for the Masses
Stephens and Lyons-Weiler
Recommended textbook:
Ecology: Concepts and Applications. Molles & Sher
Principles of Ecology outline follows, mostly, Molles and Simon text
- Natural History and Evolution
- Ecology overview and Life on land and in water
- Population genetics and Natural Selection
- Adaptations to environment
- Water, temp, Energy and nutrients, (maybe also social adaptations)
- Population Ecology
- Distribution and abundance
- Population Dynamics; growth
- Life histories
- Interactions
- Species and competition
- Exploitive; predation, parasitism,
- Mutualism
- Communities and Ecosystems
- Species abundances and biodiversity
- Interactions and community structure
- Primary production, nutrient cycling
- Succession, stability
- Large Scale Ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Geographic Ecology
- Global Ecology. (16th section/lecture)