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BIOL 201 - Principles of Ecology and Evolution

The first course in the new Biology Core Sequence, being offered for the first time in Fall 2014. BIOL 201 offers a basic introduction to the concepts of ecology, including physiological and behavioral ecology, population and community ecology, and ecosystem and landscape ecology, and to evolution, including natural selection and population genetics, speciation, and phylogenetic history and systematics of life.  Students will be able to: 1. Explain important concepts in ecology relevant to the relationship between an organism and its environment at the level of an individual (physiological and behavioral ecology), a population, a community, an ecosystem, and a landscape.

2.  Explain important concepts in evolution relevant to the creation and maintenance of the diversity of life, including natural selection, microevolution and population genetics, speciation and macroevolution, and phylogeny and systematics. 

3.   Discuss the role of humans within an ecological and evolutionary context.

4. Formulate hypotheses based on observations of natural phenomena, design experiments to test hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and interpret the results.

5. Communicate effectively in writing (prose, graphs and tables) their experimental methodology, results, and conclusions.



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  • Home
  • PEOPLE
    • Lab Alumni
  • RESEARCH
    • Evolution & Biogeography
    • Upland Toads
    • Chortis Salamanders
    • Diversity of Anoles
    • Cryptozoic Snakes
    • Education and Extension
    • Appalachian Salamanders >
      • Desmognathus Assemblage Ecology
      • 2014 - Black Mountains, North Carolina
      • 2013 - Northern Georgia Mountains
      • 2012 - Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
      • 2011 - Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Presentations
  • COURSES
    • Teaching Remotely from Honduras
    • BIOL 103 Life on Earth
    • BIOL 201 Principles of Ecology & Evolution
    • BIOL 425/525 Herpetology
    • BIOL 451/551 Evolutionary Biology
    • BIOL 450/550 Field Techniques at Pymatuning Lab of Ecology >
      • 2014 PLE Field Techniques Blog
      • 2013 Pymatuning Field Techniques Blog
      • 2013 Pymatuning Field Techniques Photos
  • PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
  • LINKS
  • Contact