Introductory Biology
ECOL182R (Schaffer/Bonine/Ferriere)
Spring 2009

In preparation for your final exam, Dr. Bonine will hold office hours in BSE113:
Mon 11 May noon-2pm
Wed 13 May from 930-1030am

Bonine 182 Course Materials




● Lecture 1, Thurs 29 Jan 2009
Phylogenetics
(pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Review and Homework (posted 29 Jan 2009)
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Ch 27
Optional: Tree of Life





● Lecture 2, Tues 24 Feb 2009
Fungi, Evolution & Diversity
(pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Review Questions, posted 24 Feb 2009
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Ch 31
Optional: Ants farming fungus & cool images of ant farms
Optional: Fungi, UC Berkeley





● Lecture 3, Thurs 26 Feb & Tues 03 March 2009
Prokaryotes, Protists, Photoautotrophy, Endosymbioses
(Prokaryotes: pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Prokaryote Review Questions (posted 26 Feb 2009)
(Protists: pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Protist Review Questions (posted 02 March 2009)
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Chs 28 & 29
Optional: Minda et al. 2008
Optional : Protist Image Data





● Lecture 4, Tues 03 Mar 2009
Plant Diversity
(Plant Diversity I: pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Plant Diversity I Review Questions (posted 02 March 2009)
(Seed Plants, Plant Diversity II: pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Seed Plants Review, Plant Diversity II (posted 02 March 2009)
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Ch 30
Optional: Missouri Botanical Garden





● Lecture 5, Thurs 05 Mar 2009
Plant Form & Function
(pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Review Questions on Plant Form & Function (posted 05 March)
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Chs 36 & 37
Optional: Enquist Lab





● Lecture 6, Tues 10 Mar 2009
● Lecture 7, Tues 24 Mar 2009
Plant Function
(Plant Nutrition (Ch38): pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
(Plant Sensory Systems (Ch39): pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Plant Function Review Questions (posted 10 March)
(Plant Reproduction (Ch40) - we will skip a formal lecture b/c we covered much of the material earlier)
Assigned Reading : Freeman 3rd edition Chs 38 & 39
Optional: Hormone Overview






● Thurs 12 March 2009
Biology of Vertebrates, Dr. Schaffer

         




● 14-22 March 2009
Spring Break
Optional: Alternative Spring Break… (warning: language may be offensive)



                   



● Lecture 7, Tues 24 Mar 2009 (see above)
Plant Function (con't)
(see links to lecture files from Tues 10 March)


● Lecture 8, Thurs 26 Mar 2009
Biology of the Galapagos Islands
(pdf file or pdfx2 or pdfx6)
Galapagos Review Questions (posted 26 March)
3 Assigned Readings : Wikelski 2000

http://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/galapagos/marine
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/galapagos/land
Optional: Parque Nacional Galapagos



         


Tues 31 March 2009
Review and discussion for 2nd midterm

Thurs 02 April 2009
2nd Midterm (2 - 3:15 in KOFFL204)
               KEY to 2nd Midterm
            Comments on often-missed questions (Bonine)
            Link to comments on often-missed questions (Schaffer)




Original course syllabus

© K.E. Bonine

Updated 05 May 2009