BIOL 3863 Lecture 1: Introduction
16 Jan 2019
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Lecture 01: read the syllabus, skim chapter 1, chapter 2: pages 23-43 and chapter 3: page 52: biome concept, key words/concepts: biomes, climate, climate change, local and global determinants of climate, rainshadow, first quiz (over ch. 2 and 3) is posted and open on blackboard in the content folder. Responses are due by monday (jan. 21st) at 5pm. Course advice: ask questions if you need help: come to office hours. Ecology is the scientific study of: the processes influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms, the interactions among and between organisms and the environment, the transformation and flux of energy and matter. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment. Ecology is not about taking the simple and making it complex. Rather, it is about taking the complex and simplifying it.
