Dr. Jeffrey May's eStudy_Hall:Principles of Ecology (BSC 320)Fall Semester 2009 Lecture materials: General characteristics of some of the Major Terrestrial Biomes of the World Sample statistics questions for Exam #2
PowerPoint presentations: [Included below are only the lectures that I have presented. For Dr. Gilliam's lectures, go to his website: Dr. Gilliam ] 27 August 2009-- Climate and The World's Biomes [Note that these are two separate links. The second file is relatively large, so may take a while to load.] 1 September 2009-- Natural Selection, Evolution, Ecological Genetics 8 September 2009-- Light 15 September 2009-- Soils, soil moisture, and water uptake by plants 1 October 2009-- Competition 6 October 2009-- Predation 27 October 2009--Primary Community Succession and Secondary Community Succession 3 November 2009-- Ecosystem Energetics II 19 November 2009-- Global Environmental Problems II
Lab materials: Beech Fork Lake study Sampling procedures Remember that this is not at all the same as the Methods section, but it might help you remember some of the things to talk about. Figures of results Graphs of the results from the Hydrolab sampling. This file opens on the data sheet, because otherwise (for unknown reasons) the graphs get distorted. Do not present the data tables in your paper, only the figures. Click on the tab for each graph, add your own caption, and print it. (You can also "personalize" it a bit by changing the formatting. Just make sure it's consistent among the graphs.) Paper by Choi et al. Other articles that might be useful: Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Problem Set #2: Population Problems Practice Population Problems This is the practice set we worked on in lab. How to plot the regression for the Population problems: Click on one of the following for step-by-step instructions. Using MS Excel 2003 (the old version) Using MS Excel 2007 (the new version) This is the version that is on all of the computers on campus. Lab Report #1: Either the Beech Fork Lake study or the Huntington Museum tree community study Handouts: (a) Contents and General Formatting Requirements; (b) Guidelines for Writing a Scientific Report; and (c) Required Formatting of References Used in Your Paper Primary literature articles that might be helpful. Above, under "Beech Fork Lake study," I have provided several more papers in addition to the one by Choi et al. that was already there. Dr. Gilliam is providing links to a number of articles relevant to the forest community study on his website. (There's a link to his website above.)
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