BIO 223: Ecology
BIO 223: Ecology Course description BIO 223. ECOLOGY. Modern concepts of ecology. Structure and function at various levels of organization in ecosystems will be emphasized. Field and laboratory studies utilize local environ- ments. Three 50-minute lectures per week and 3 hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO 141-142. Offered every spring on St. Thomas campus only. Objectives When the class is completed the student should be able to - Think biologically about ecological patterns and problems, think critically using ecological concepts, answer questions on standardized tests such as the GRE that require thinking biologically - Solve mathematical problems in ecology - Interpret ecological data, including data presented graphically - Generate hypotheses about ecological patterns and design experiments to test them - Collect ecological data in the field - Test hypotheses using statistical tests - Write a clear, complete, properly formatted scientific paper - Read scientific papers critically - Search the ecological literature - Apply ecological concepts to the animals, plants, …
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BIO 223: Ecology Course description BIO 223. ECOLOGY. Modern concepts of ecology. Structure and function at various levels of organization in ecosystems will be emphasized. Field and laboratory studies utilize local environ- ments. Three 50-minute lectures per week and 3 hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO 141-142. Offered every spring on St. Thomas campus only. Objectives When the class is completed the student should be able to - Think biologically about ecological patterns and problems, think critically using ecological concepts, answer questions on standardized tests such as the GRE that require thinking biologically - Solve mathematical problems in ecology - Interpret ecological data, including data presented graphically - Generate hypotheses about ecological patterns and design experiments to test them - Collect ecological data in the field - Test hypotheses using statistical tests - Write a clear, complete, properly formatted scientific paper - Read scientific papers critically - Search the ecological literature - Apply ecological concepts to the animals, plants, habitats, and ecological problems in the Virgin Islands - Apply ecological concepts to global environmental problems Topics covered - Genetics and Ecology - Extinction - Group Selection & Individual Selection - Life History Strategies - Physical Environment - Population Growth - Competition - Mutualism - Predation - Herbivory - Parasitism - Controls on Population Structure - Types of Communities - Global Patterns of Species Richness - Species Diversity - Stability/Equilibrium - Succession - Island Biogeography - Trophic Structure - Energy Flow - Nutrients