(Click here to go to the syllabus for the first half of the term.)
 

Week (Starts with Tuesday)	Lecture Topic	Required readings in Solomon et al., and other useful (not required) sources/links
Oct. 17  Discussion	Introduction to second half of course Micro-evolution Macro-evolution and Speciation	Chapters 17, 18, 19 Tree of Life Metazoan Evolution Evolution: Fact and Theory
Oct. 24 Discussion	Macro-evolution and Speciation (cont.) powerpoint (parrotfish and Ensatina) Evolution: Phylogenetics Building trees: powerpoint or html	Chapter 22
Oct. 31 Discussion	Behavioral Ecology	Chapter 50 (pages 1108-1114)
Nov. 7 No Discussion [No class on Friday] Practice Exams: From Spring 1997, key From Spring 1999 (pdf file), key	Behavioral Ecology (finish) Population Ecology  [Review on Wednesday in class] Midterm III: Thursday (Nov. 9) The exam will cover material through Behav. Ecology, including the three previous discussions and readings from your text (Ch 17, 18, 19, 22, 50)	Chapter 51 [Chapter 54 is not required but you might find it useful when we refer to different types habitats.] Malthus' (1798) Essay on the Principle of Population Populus Other modelling software
Nov. 14 Life Table Discussion Life Table	Population Ecology	nothing new (Chapter 51) Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research
Nov. 21 [No class on Wed.,Th. or Friday] No Discussion	Human Population Growth	ZPG NPG
Nov. 28 Discussion	Community Ecology Ecosystem Ecology (notes under Community Ecology)	Chapters 52 and 53 Lotka-Volterra Equations (this handout is from PCB 4044, but you might find it useful).
Dec. 5 [No class on Th. or Friday]	Biodiversity (notes under Community Ecology) Human Impacts (notes under Community Ecology)	Chapter 55
REVIEW SESSION: Friday, Dec 8th, 1-3pm, McCarty 100 Practice Exams: From Spring 1997 From Spring 1999	FINAL Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8-10pm Location: 100 Carleton Auditorium