The experimental analysis of distribution and abundance. A short guide to writing about biology. Addison Wesley Longman.
Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with their natural environments.
I will combine lectures, discussions and labs to try to give you not only an understanding of what is currently known in ecology, but more importantly an understanding of the process by which ecologists generate this knowledge. Lectures will emphasize ecological principles, ideas and theory. They are also intended to help you become conversant with the language that ecologists use and the issues and questions that ecologists tackle, and emphasize the methods used in trying to answer simple questions in the context of complex systems. You will evaluated on each of the written components. In order to help you keep track of what you have done in lab, and in order for me to be able to evaluate how well you were able to accomplish the various lab exercises, I will also require each of you to keep a bound lab notebook with carbon copies.