Ecology BGYB50
Lecture times:
Tuesday & Thursday, 10-11am
Location:
Academic Centre (AC) 223
Tutorial:
Thursday, 5-7pm, AC-223 (every third week)
Textbook:
Cain, M.L., Bowman, W.D. and Hacker, S.D. (2008) Ecology. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Paper and e-book options available!
Exams:
2 midterms and 1 final
Midterm 1: TBA, likely Feb. 2nd
Midterm 2: TBA, likely March 16th
Final: TBA
Project:
Ecology-news assignment
Professor:
Marc Cadotte
Office: Science Wing 542
Office hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 11-12pm
Email: mcadotte@utsc.utoronto.edu (please put BIOB50 or BGYB50 in the subject line)
Phone: 416-208-5105
Teaching Assistants:
Alex Becker, alexander.becker@utoronto.ca
Nicholas Mirotchnick, mirotchnick@gmail.com
Jeff Stoltz, stoltz@utsc.utoronto.ca
Course description
An introduction to the main principles of ecology, the science of the interactions of organisms with each other and with their environment. The course covers community and population ecology, and provides an emphasis on how ecology relates to other areas of biology, and to contemporary human and environmental issues.
(from wikipedia) Ecology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the interactions of these organisms with their environment. A conceptual understanding of ecology is found in the broader details of study, including:
* life processes explaining adaptations
* distribution and abundance of organisms
* the flux of materials and energy through living communities
* the successional development of ecosystems, and
* the abundance and distribution of biodiversity in context of the environment.