BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Ecological Succession, Biogeography, Prokaryote
24 Oct 2018
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Bio120 lecture 13: what ecology is and why it matters. October 24, 2018 (relevant reading part 3, struggle for existence; simutext chapter: biogeography, Section 4; optional: part 4, struggle for existence. What ecology is and why it matters. A brief intro to me (new prof: prof. megan frederickson) How organisms interact with each other and with their environment. Nothing in evolution makes sense except in the light of ecology. Research: how do mutualism and symbiosis evolve, does mutualism affect ecological or evolutionary success, plant-animal and host-microbe interactions, field and lab experiments, mostly non-model organisms. Education: undergrad at harvard, ph. d. at stanford, postdoc at harvard society of fellows, now tenured professor at uoft. Teaching: bio120: adaptation & biodiversity, eeb440: plant-animal interactions, eeb403: tropical field biology (field course, undergrad and graduate research projects. Some readings from struggle for existence, written for bio120 by prof. james thomson (now retired)
