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Tentative Lecture Schedule

* Quiz

Week	Date	Lecture Topic	Molles Required readings*
1	M Aug 30 W Sep 1	Introduction Philosophy and Brief History of Ecology	Ch 1, History Handout
2	M 6 W 8	- Labor Day - no classes Life on Land - Geology, Soils	Ch 2
3	M 13 W 15*	Life on Land - Climate and Biomes Life in Water	Ch 3
4	M 20 W 22	Temperature Water	Ch 4 Ch 5
5	M 27 W 29*	Energy and Nutrients Interactions among organisms	Ch 6 (skim 18, 19) Ch 7
6	M Oct 4 W 6	Evolution Natural Selection	Ch 8
7	M 11 W 13*	Population distributions	Ch 9 Ch 10
8	M 18 W 20	Review Midterm 1 (first letter due if you plan to write two)
9	M 25 W 27	Population growth Life Histories	Ch 11 Ch 12
10	M Nov 1 W 3*	Competition and Coeistence Exploitation	Ch 13 Ch 14
11	M 8 W 10	Exploitation Introduction to ecological communities	Ch 15 Ch 16
12	M 15 W 17*	Introduction to ecological communities Introduction to ecological communities		Ch 17 Ch 19 (skim 18 again)
13	M 22 W 24	Introduction to ecological communities Species Diversity and Community structure	Ch 20 Ch 21
14	M 29 W Dec 1*	Community development: succession and climax Large scale ecology and global change	Ch 22 Ch 23
15	M 6 W 8	Conservation Review
16	W 15	Final 8:00-10:00 am Wednesday December 15^th (Comprehenesive: 3/4 material since last exam; 1/4 prior to midterm; all letters due)