General Ecology   Botany/Zoology/Forest Ecology & Management 460 Home Department:  Botany Offered Semester I, II, often Summer; 4 credits; lecture and lab.  For majors in biological sciences.  Prerequisites: 1 year introductory biology or botany and zoology.

About the Course

Ecology focuses on the interaction of organisms with each other and the environment. This course examines the proximate and ultimate causes of patterns in the distribution and abundance of individual organisms, and in the composition, structure and dynamics of communities, ecosystems, landscapes, and the biosphere. We study these relationships, often in quantitative terms, in both field and laboratory settings, using both theoretical and empirical approaches.

Course Objectives

• Learn to think like an ecologist
• Learn some tools an ecologist uses
• Learn information about ecology

Instructors

• Thomas J. Givnish teaches General Ecology Semester II in odd-numbered years.
• Stanley I. Dodson teaches General Ecology Semester I every year.
• Timothy F. H. Allen teaches General Ecology Semester II in even-numbered years, and often in an 8-week summer session.
• Susan Will-Wolf coordinates laboratories for Semesters I and II each year.

Current Semester

Course-Related Links

Botany home page
Zoology home page
Forest Ecology & Management home page

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This page last updated: August 2007