Schedule


 * Week ||> Date of Class ||= Topic / SimUText Chapter || SimUText sections due || Lab topics ||  || Due ||
 * 1 ||> 20-Aug || --- || --- || Scientific papers & Micrometeorological measurements ||||  ||
 * ||> 22-Aug || Physiological Ecology || 1 & 2 ||^  ||   || Competition experiment ||
 * 2 ||> 27-Aug || Physiological Ecology || 3 & 4 || Photosynthesis ||  || Micrometeorological hypothesis assignment ||
 * ||> 29-Aug || Biogeography || 1 & 2 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * 3 ||> 3-Sep || Biogeography || 3 & 4 || **Seed removal** ||  || Photosynthesis abstract and figure assignment ||
 * ||> 5-Sep || Climate Change || 2 & 3 (& 1 if you want) ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * 4 ||> 10-Sep || Climate Change || 4 & 5 || Vegetation sampling ||  || Study for seed removal quiz ||
 * ||> 12-Sep || **Exam1** || 4 & 5 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * 5 ||> 17-Sep || Population Growth || 1 & 2 || Population growth ||  || Vegetation sampling assignment ||
 * ||> 19-Sep || Population Growth || 3 & 4 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * 6 ||> 24-Sep || Life History || 1 & 2 || Life Tables ||  || **Rough draft SEED REMOVAL PAPER (2 copies)** ||
 * ||> 26-Sep || Life History || 3 & 4 ||^  ||   || Population growth assignment ||
 * 7 ||> 1-Oct || Competition || 1 & 2 || **Competition** ||  || **Peer reviewed SEED REMOVAL PAPER** ||
 * ||> 3-Oct || Competition || 3 & 4 ||^  ||   || Study for Life tables quiz ||
 * 8 ||> 8-Oct || Predation, herbivory, parasitism || 2 & 3 || Top down (SimBio) - bring computer to ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 10-Oct || Predation, herbivory, parasitism || 4 & 5 ||^  ||   || Study for competition quiz ||
 * 9 ||> 15-Oct || Guest lecture by Dr. Mack on Invasions (Jesse absent from class; here for office hours) || ** Bring this [[file:BIOLOGY 372 HANDOUT - BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS.docx|handout]] to class ** || Disease ecology ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 17-Oct || **Exam 2** || --- ||^  ||   || Top Down Assignment ||
 * 10 ||> 22-Oct || Disease Ecology || 1 & 2 || Paleocommunities ||  || **Final draft SEED REMOVAL PAPER** ||
 * ||> 24-Oct || Community Dynamics || 1 & 2 ||^  ||   || Disease Ecology assignment ||
 * 11 ||> 29-Oct || Community Dynamics || 3 & 4 || NO LAB ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 31-Oct || Decomposition || 1 & 2 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * 12 ||> 5-Nov || Decomposition || 3 & 4 || O2 bomb calorimetry ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 7-Nov || **Exam 3** || --- ||^  ||   || Study for Paleocommunities quiz ||
 * 13 ||> 12-Nov || Nutrient Cycling || 1 & 2 || Liebig's Barrel (SimBio) - bring computer to lab ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 14-Nov || Nutrient Cycling || 3 & 4 ||^  ||   || O2 bomb calorimetry assignment ||
 * 14 ||> 19-Nov || Ecosystem Ecology || 1 & 2 || Climate change / Ag ||  || **Final draft COMPETITION PAPER** ||
 * ||> 21-Nov || Ecosystem Ecology || 3 & 4 ||^  ||   || Liebig's Barrel assignment ||
 * 15 ||> 26-Nov || __Thanksgiving Holiday__ || --- || NO LAB ||  ||   ||
 * ||> 28-Nov ||^  || --- ||^   ||   ||   ||
 * 16 ||> 3-Dec || Ecosystem Ecology || 5 || Evaluations ||  || Climate Change/ Ag Assignment ||
 * ||> 5-Dec || Review / catch-up || --- ||^  ||   || **Cummulative Quiz** ||
 * Final ||> 12-Dec || **Final exam 10:10-13:00** || --- ||  ||   ||   ||


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