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 |
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2/27 |
2 |
No lecture** |
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3/05 |
3 |
Darwin survival game (science.discovery.com) |
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3/12 |
4 |
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3/19 |
5 |
No lecture*** |
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3/26 |
6 |
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4/2 |
7 |
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4/9 |
8 |
Mid-term test I |
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4/16 |
9 |
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4/23 |
10 |
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4/30 |
11 |
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5/7 |
12 |
Mid-term test II. |
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5/14 |
13 |
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5/21 |
14 |
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5/28 |
15 |
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6/4 |
16 |
Project presentation |
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6/11 |
17 |
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6/18 |
18 |
Final examination |
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*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
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Begon, M., Harper, J.L. & Townsend, C.R. (1996)
Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. (3rd Edition)
Blackwell. Scientific Publications, Oxford.
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May R.M. & McLean
M.R. (2007) Theoretical Ecology :principles and
applications. Oxford ; New York : Oxford
University Press.
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Townsend, C.R., Harper, J. L. & Begon, M.
(2003) Essentials of Ecology (2nd Edition). Blackwell. Scientific Publications,
Oxford.
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Selected papers and other reading materials.