Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University

Ecology: Theories and Applications 602 27800 (100-2)

 

Course schedule*

Lectures for Ecology: Theories and Applications will be held at 2:20pm on Monday throughout the second semester. The lecture will take place at the Drawing Room in the BSE Departmental Building. The course schedule is given below.

Date

Week

Lecture

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2/20

1

Introduction: what is ecology?

 

2/27

2

No lecture**

3/05

3

Evolution and adaptation

Darwin survival game (science.discovery.com)

3/12

4

Behavioral ecology I

 

3/19

5

No lecture***

 

3/26

6

Behavioral ecology II

 

4/2

7

Distribution, dispersal, and abundance I

 

4/9

8

Mid-term test I

Distribution, dispersal, and abundance II

 

4/16

9

Population and demography

 

4/23

10

Species interaction I: Competition

 

4/30

11

Species interaction II: Predation and mutualism

 

5/7

12

Mid-term test II.

Community structure and dynamics I: Succession

 

5/14

13

Community structure and dynamics II: Biodiversity

 

5/21

14

Ecosystem dynamics I

 

5/28

15

Ecosystem dynamics II

 

6/4

16

Project presentation

 

6/11

17

Ecosystem health, human impacts and ecological restoration

 

6/18

18

Final examination

 

*Schedule is subjected to change according to the class progress.

**University holiday.

***Prof. R. Yam in Cyprus for international conference. 

 

Important dates

3/26          Deadline for handing in your project title.

4/9            Mid-term test I.

5/7            Mid-term test II.

5/14          Deadline for written report for individual project.

5/21          Announcement of the presentation list of the individual project.

6/4            Presentation for individual project.

6/18          Final examination.

 

Assessment

Final grade of each student is based on the following THREE assessment components,

i.        Individual project (20%)

ii.       Mid-term test I and II (30%)

iii.      Final examination (50%)

 

Key reference

Krebs, C.J. (2009) Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance (6th Edition). Pearson. San Francisco.

 

Other relevant references

l   Begon, M., Harper, J.L. & Townsend, C.R. (1996) Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. (3rd Edition) Blackwell. Scientific Publications, Oxford.

l   May R.M. & McLean M.R. (2007) Theoretical Ecology :principles and applications. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press.

l   Townsend, C.R., Harper, J. L. & Begon, M. (2003) Essentials of Ecology (2nd Edition). Blackwell. Scientific Publications, Oxford.

l   Selected papers and other reading materials.

 

 

 

Comments to Prof. R.S.W. Yam

Dept. Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering

National Taiwan University

Last updated: 2012/02/20