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
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Content
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22 Feb
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Ch 1 Ecology and how to do it
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01 Mar
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Ch 2 Ecology’s evolutionary backdrop
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08 Mar
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Ch 3 Physical conditions and the availability of resources
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15 Mar
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Ch 5 Birth, death and movement
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22 Mar
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Ch 6 Interspecific competition
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29 Mar
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Guest speaker
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05 Apr
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Holiday
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12 Apr
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Topic discussion 1: environment (Su 1984)
Topic discussion 2: fauna (Hsu et al. 2006)
Topic discussion 3: flora (Chang et al. 2010) |
19 Apr
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Midterm Exam
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26 Apr
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Topic discussion 4: interaction (Chiu 2005)
Topic discussion 5: sustainability (Lu 2006)
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03 May
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Ch 7 Predation, grazing, and disease
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10 May
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Ch 9 From population to communities |
17 May
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Ch 11 The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems |
24 May
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Ch 13 Conservation ecology
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31 May
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Field demonstration
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07 Jun
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Field demonstration
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14 Jun
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Ch 14 The ecology of human population growth, disease and food supply
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21 Jun
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Final Exam
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