Lecture schedule
Notes including slides for each lecture are on the Bio 103 Moodle site. Normally they are available the week before lectures, but may be posted later and may also be updated after posting - check for new versions (change to suffix a, b, c, etc. on file name). The table below shows how notes and text chapters relate to the lectures, while the list here gives text readings in more detail. References to chapters you read in Biol 102 or earlier in 103 are provided as background, except where the same topics are covered in my lectures and present on the detailed readings list. Print these files and bring them to lecture as a tool for organizing your notes. Make sure you have the last revision when preparing for the final exam. These files are not a substitute for lectures; additional verbal points will be made, along with video clips and other material not in notes!
** Chapter references below are for 1st Canadian edition of Brooker **
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Week of: |
Lecture topics & other presentations (note set #) |
Readings in Brooker et al. (for details see here) |
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February 27 |
(1) Introduction and Charles Darwin video (#1, #2) |
ch. 1; review parts of prior chapts. 14 to 19 |
| (2) Evolution & diversity (#1, #2) | ch. 20, 21 | |
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(3) Variation & natural selection (#2) |
ch. 22; parts of 15, 49 |
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March 5 |
(4) Natural selection in the wild (#3) |
ch. 22 |
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(5) Midterm Moodle quiz on Thursday, no lectures that day |
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(6) Population genetics (#4) |
ch. 22 |
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March 12 |
(7) Sexual selection, species & speciation (#4) |
ch. 22; parts of 53 |
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(8) Species & speciation (#4) |
ch. 22 |
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(9) Invasive species - Darwin's Nightmare video (#4) |
ch. 22, 23; parts of 58 |
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March 19 |
(10) Speciation & systematics (#5) |
ch. 23, 24; parts of 17, 18, 19 |
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(11) Population ecology (#6) (online view Evolutionary Arms Race video) |
ch. 52, 54; parts of 53 |
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(12) Community ecology (#7)
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ch. 55, 56 |
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March 26 |
(13) Community ecology 2 (#7) |
ch. 56 |
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(14) Ecosystem structure & function (#8) |
ch. 57 |
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(15) Biogeography (online view Guns, Germs, & Steel video) (#8) |
ch. 52 |
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April 2 |
(16) Conservation biology (#9) |
ch. 58 |
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(17) Wrap-up & Future of Life video (E.O. Wilson) (#9) |
ch. 52, 58 |
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Good Friday - no classes |