BIOL 240Ecology

Catalog

PREREQUISITES: BIOL 105 Biology I and BIOL 107 Biology II CATALOG DESCRIPTION:This course examines the complex interrelationships between organisms and the natural world. Contemporary issues in population, community and ecosystem ecology are emphasized as they relate to evolution and biodiversity, resource acquisition and resource utilization within an ecosystem. Course content includes competitive exclusion, resource partitioning, trophic status, food webs , succession and biogeochemistry using examples from current and historical literature. Students will be challenged to think about how ecological patterns and processes inform the regional and global issues facing human society.