課程介紹
Ecology is one of the essential elements to understand how the nature works. In this course, the lecturer will introduce the background of ecology. This includes the relationships between organisms and the environment in hierarchical levels: from individuals, populations, communities to biosphere. Students will be assigned into groups and need to conduct an ecological guide project. Each group needs to design a leaflet and a guide book. Also, during the field trip, each student will be an ecological guide of a specific topic for the whole class. Students also need to participate in weekly discussions.
教科書:
Begon, M., Howarth, R.W. & Townsend, C.R. 2014. Essentials of Ecology.4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
教學進度:
Date
Content
22 Feb
 
Ch 1  Ecology and how to do it
01 Mar
Ch 2  Ecology’s evolutionary backdrop
08 Mar
Ch 3  Physical conditions and the availability of resources
15 Mar
Ch 5  Birth, death and movement
22 Mar
Ch 6  Interspecific competition
29 Mar
Guest speaker
05 Apr
Holiday
12 Apr
Topic discussion 1: environment (Su 1984)
Topic discussion 2: fauna (Hsu et al. 2006)
Topic discussion 3: flora (Chang et al. 2010)
19 Apr
Midterm Exam
26 Apr
Topic discussion 4: interaction (Chiu 2005)
Topic discussion 5: sustainability (Lu 2006)
03 May
Ch 7  Predation, grazing, and disease
10 May
Ch 9  From population to communities
17 May
Ch 11 The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems
24 May
Ch 13 Conservation ecology
31 May
Field demonstration
07 Jun
Field demonstration
14 Jun
Ch 14 The ecology of human population growth, disease and food supply
21 Jun
Final Exam
 
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