BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Soil, Horse Latitudes, Sonoran Desert
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Intro to the principles and concepts of evolution and ecology, related to the origins of adaptation and biodiversity. Why evolution is true, by jerry coyne. 01 labs start week of sept 17th. Check my grades on portal on friday sept 14 to find lab room. 12 in total, 1st quiz on syllabus. Monday 5:00-6:00 pm and wed 8:00-9:00 pm. The economy of nature by robert ricklefs (recommended reading) Where we find organisms is not random organisms are adapted for specific environment. Abiotic (physical and chemical factors): resources and conditions. Conditions vary across space and time (more or less in some places), we envision gradients of conditions. Organisms have ranges of conditions where it functions optimally. Species have ranges of tolerance along environmental gradients. Mount everest dead zone: variable of interest is the o2 concentration. Nutrients dissolved elements (n most important, p, k macronutrients) Disturbance (e. g. fire), herbivory, disease, pollinators, seed dispersers, mycorrhizal fungi.
