EEB 100 Introduction to Ecology and Behavior Winter 2010 PROFESSORS Dr Chris Anderson Life Science 3205 Office hours Tues Thurs 11A 12P through Feb 4 Email cna1980 ucla edu TEACHING ASSISTANTS Amy Zimmer Faust Sections 1D 1J Office CHS 46 059 Office hours Thurs 11 1 Email amityzf gmail com Brianna Tarnower Sections 1A 1E Office CHS 46 059 Office hours Tues 3 30 4 30 Fri 10 30 11 30 Email briannaTA09 gmail com Neil Losin Sections 1F 1G Office 3205 LSB Office hours R 1 30 3 30 Email neil losin gmail com Mika Watanabe Sections 1B 1C Office TBA Office hours Tues Thurs 11 12 PM Email mikaw295 gmail com Dr Peter Nonacs Life Science 3125 Office hrs Mon 10 10 50 Tues 11 11 50 starting Feb 9 Email pnonacs biology ucla edu LECTURE TR 9 30 10 45A Young CS24 COURSE WEBSITE Discussion Time Location http www lsic ucla edu classes fall08 1A Tues 11 00 12 50P GEOLOGY 4645 1B Tues 1 00 2 50P GEOLOGY 4645 1C Tues 3 00 4 50P GEOLOGY 4645 1D Wed 8 00 9 50A GEOLOGY 4645 1E Wed 10 00 11 50A GEOLOGY 6704 1F Wed 12 00 1 50P GEOLOGY 6704 1G Wed 2 00 3 50P GEOLOGY 6704 1H Thurs 11 00 12 50P FRANZ 2288 1I Thurs 1 00 2 50P FRANZ 2288 1J Thurs 3 00 4 50P FRANZ 2288 REQUIRED MATERIALS 1 Ricklefs Economy of Nature 2 Behavior Course reader Vol 1 3 Behavior Course reader Vol 2 or Alcock Animal Behavior 9th ed Readers available Course Reader Material 1080 Broxton Gilene Young Sections 1H 1I Office 3125 LSB Office hours Wed 10 12 PM Email gilene ucla edu WEBPAGES HTTP WWW LSIC UCLA EDU CLASSES WINTER10 HTTP MY UCLA EDU GRADING Ecology Exam Midterm Behavior Exam Final Discussion Total 400 points 400 points 400 points 1200 points 90 100 80 89 70 79 A B C 60 69 60 D F Letter grades will be based on a straight percentage of the 1200 point maximum according to the breakdown shown above Within each letter grade a minus will be assigned to the bottom three percentage points and a plus will be assigned to the top three percentage points e g 80 82 9 is a B 87 89 9 is a B EEB 100 Introduction to Ecology and Behavior Winter 2010 EXAMS The Midterm and Final will be a combination of multiple choice T F written answer and problem solving You must be on time for the exam Anyone arriving after another student has left will not be allowed to take the exam They will be partially open note You will be allowed to bring one 8 x 11 piece of paper on which you can write any information you consider relevant or helpful for doing well in the exam You may work with others to study and discuss material to put on the sheet but you cannot directly copy other s sheets No calculators allowed for the midterm The Final will be identical to the midterm in length and will cover only the last half of the course Calculators are allowed for the final DISCUSSION A large amount of your grade is the discussion section where you will be part of a discussion group of 4 5 students in addition to the larger section As a result you must attend section and be on time There are no make ups or extra credit work If you miss a section where another assignment is to be turned in e g field notes the prospectus you should turn that in on time or early for full credit If you miss a section and wish to go to an alternate section to learn the material but not receive points you must get permission from the TA running that section beforehand No crashing sections The TA has the right to refuse attendance based on how full their section is and whether others have already requested permission to attend Please check the syllabus carefully to make sure you do not have a scheduling conflict with the test dates No make up tests or extra credit assignments will be given EEB 100 Introduction to Ecology and Behavior Winter 2010 Lecture Schedule Lecture Date Jan 5 Tues Jan 7 Thurs Jan 12 Tues Jan 14 Thurs Jan 19 Tues Jan 21 Thurs Jan 26 Tues Jan 28 Thurs Feb 2 Tues Feb 4 Thurs Feb 9 Tues Feb 9 Tues Topic Reading 1 Intro to Ecology Global ecosystems Ricklefs Ch 4 pp 6478 2 Populations Single species Ricklefs Ch 11 3 Populations Interspecific Interactions 1 Ricklefs Ch 14 16 4 Populations Interspecific Interactions 2 Ricklefs Ch 15 5 Disturbance and Succession Ricklefs Ch 19 pp 393 406 6 Biodiversity Ricklefs Ch 20 7 Metapopulations and Dispersal Ricklefs Ch 12 8 Shifts Declines Extinction Townsend et al Ch 14 9 Dispersal Disease Ricklefs Ch 10 10 Global Climate Change Applied Ecology Ricklefs Ch 10 15 MIDTERM EXAM 6 00 pm 9 00 pm Room TBA 11 Feb 11 Thurs 12 Feb 16 Tues 13 Feb 18 Thurs 14 Feb 23 Tues Feb 25 Thurs Natural Selection adaptation and genes Nonacs Levels of analysis Instinct versus learning Sexual dimorphism Sexual selection 15 16 Mate choice and mating systems Social behavior Kin selection Mar 2 Tues 17 Mar 4 Thurs 18 Mar 9 Tues 19 Parental care Predation and looking for food Optimal foraging Mar 11 Thurs Mar 16 Tues 20 FINAL EXAM 11 30 AM 2 30 PM Room TBA Behavior Reader BR v1 1 and 2 BR v2 3 or Alcock Ch 2 pp 28 35 4353 BR v1 4 optional BR v1 5 BR v1 6 note there are 2 papers here BR v2 7 or Alcock Ch 11 BR v2 8 or Alcock Ch 13 BR v1 9 note there are 2 papers here BR v2 10 or Alcock Ch 12 pp 421 433 444 449 BR v1 11 BR v2 12 or Alcock Ch 14 pp 507 520 required 521 545 optional EEB 100 Introduction to Ecology and Behavior Winter 2010 COURSE POLICIES STUDY TIPS Although the tests may include any material covered in lecture discussion or the assigned readings you should pay special attention to the lecture material The emphasis of the tests will be on concepts theories and scientific approaches methods You will encounter many terms in this course that have both common and scientific meanings It is very important that you learn the scientific definitions of these terms as given in lecture or the assigned readings In general you will not be expected to learn the names of scientists mentioned in lecture but you should be familiar with the names of people associated with major conceptual advances e g Connell Darwin Hamilton One of the best ways to study for this course and others like it is to convert your lecture and reading notes into a series of questions and write the answers down separately e g on opposite sides of the same page in your own words When studying try to answer the questions again but without looking at the answers …