Degrees

BIO 225 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 

Course Objectives:

1. To review the historical and biological development of evolutionary theory
2. To integrate genetics and heredity into an understanding of evolution
3. To review the origin and history of life on earth
4. To introduce ecological relations from different levels (individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems)
5. To understand population dynamics and growth
6. To compare communities and ecosystems and their properties

List of Topics:

• Nature of Populations
• Darwinian Evolution
• Variation and Mutation
• Natural Selection
• Adaptive Radiations
• Origin and History of Life
• Physiological Ecology (temperature, water and energy relations)
• Population Ecology (distribution, dynamics, and growth)
• Population Interactions (competition, exploitation, mutualism)
• Community and Ecosystem Ecology (species diversity, productivity, nutrient cycling, succession)