| Date | Subject | Reading |
| 7-Sep-04 | 1 - Intro to course, ecology, & diversity | *H 271-300; S 1-56; H 1-9 |
| 2 - The diversity of life; natural selection | *S 21-56; *H 558-570; S 56-84; BHT 4-47; H 161-184 | |
| 9-Sep-04 | ||
| 3- Natural, group, & individual selection | *S 56-102; BHT 4-47 | |
| 14-Sep-04 | ||
| 4 - Physiological ecology | *S 103-128; *H 186-214; BHT 48-89 | |
| 16-Sep-04 | ||
| 5 - Population growth | *S 129-150; BHT 135-172; 214-264 | |
| 21-Sep-04 | ||
| 6 - Models I: Exponential & logistic growth | *G 1-27; *G 27-54 | |
| 23-Sep-04 | ||
| 7 - Models II: Logistic & age-structured grwth | *G 27-54; *G 55-88 | |
| 28-Sep-04 | ||
| 8 - Models III: Age-structured growth | *G 55-88 | |
| 30-Sep-04 | ||
| 5-Oct-04 | Review | |
| MIDTERM EXAM I - Diversity, Evolutionary Ecology, & Pop. Growth | ||
| 7-Oct-04 | ||
| 9 - Mutualism, commensalism, & coexistence | *S 151-157; BHT 482-521 | |
| 12-Oct-04 | ||
| 10 - Models IV: Competition | *S 158-182; *G 111-138; H 79-156; BHT 265-312 | |
| 14-Oct-04 | ||
| 11 - Models V: Predation I | *S 183-198; *G 139-170; BHT 313-401 | |
| 19-Oct-04 | ||
| 12 - Models V: Predation II | *G 139-170; *S 199-217 | |
| 21-Oct-04 | ||
| 13 - Models V: Predation III; Herbivory and Parasitism | *G 139-170; *S 217-229; BHT 429-481 | |
| 26-Oct-04 | ||
| 14 -Causes of population change | *S 230-250 | |
| 28-Oct-04 | ||
| No Class – Election Day, CU Holiday – Go Vote! | ||
| 2-Nov-04 | ||
| 15 - Models VI: Metapopulation dynamics | *G 89-110; BHT 173-207 | |
| 4-Nov-04 | ||
| 16 - Models VII: Metapopulation dynamics II | *G 89-110; BHT 173-207 | |
| 9-Nov-04 | ||
| 11-Nov-04 | Review | |
| MIDTERM EXAM II - Interspecific Interactions | ||
| 16-Nov-04 | ||
| 17 - Models VIII: Island biogeography | *G 171-195; BHT 861-883 | |
| 18-Nov-04 | ||
| 18 - Communities and Species diversity and stability | *H 15-63; S 251-273; BHT 679-710*H 215-231; H 64-74; S 274-301 | |
| 23-Nov-04 | ||
| 25-Nov-04 | No Class - Thanksgiving Day, CU Holiday | |
| 19 - Amazon Biodiversity & Community Change | *H 232-270; S 302-322 | |
| 30-Nov-04 | ||
| 20 - Trophic Structure | *BHT 828-860; S 323-336 | |
| 2-Dec-04 | ||
| 21 - Energy pathways and exotic species | *S 383-427; BHT 913-952 | |
| 7-Dec-04 | ||
| 22 - Exotic species and other threats to biodiversity and extinctions | *H 79-109; S 428-442 | |
| 9-Dec-04 | ||
| 21-Dec-04 | CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM 9-12 AM |
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