Dr. Jeffrey May's eStudy_Hall:

Principles of Ecology (BSC 320)

Spring Semester 2008

Lecture materials:

     Lecture Syllabus

     General characteristics of some of the Major Terrestrial Biomes of the World

     Sample exam questions

     Sample statistics questions for Exam #2

  Dr. May's PowerPoint presentations:

    15 January 2008: Introduction to Principles of Ecology

    17 January 2008: Climate and Biomes

    22 January 2008: Introduction to Energy in Biological Systems

    24 January 2008: Conditions and Resources; Light

    29 January 2008: Temperature

    31 January 2008: Soils and Soil Moisture

    7 February 2008: Population Ecology: Structure and Distribution; Life-History Trade-Offs

    14 February 2008: Population Ecology: Population Dynamics

    19 February 2008: Population Ecology: Intra-Specific Population Regulation; Landscapes and Metapopulations

    21 and 26 February 2008: Population Interactions: Competition

    26 and 28 February 2008: Population Interactions: Predation

    28 February and 4 March 2008: Population Interactions: Parasitism and Mutualism

    13 and 18 March 2008: Community Ecology: Concepts and Structure

    20 March 2008: Community Succession: Primary Succession and Secondary Succession

    1 and 3 April 2008: Ecosystem Energetics

    8 April 2008: Biogeochemical Cycling I

    10 April 2008: Biogeochemical Cycling II

    15 April 2008: Global Environmental Problems I--Disrupted biogeochemical cycles

    22 April 2008: Global Environmental Problems II--Global Climate Disruption

    24 April 2008: Global Environmental Problems III--Human Population Ecology