Ecology of the Southwest
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List of Topics:
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Part I. A Sense of Ecology |
Click on a Topic to link to its Learning Goals; Click on the “Homework” link for a topic to find homework assignments & answers. |
Week 1: What is Ecology? |
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1 - A Sense of Place, A Sense of Purpose |
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2 - Ways of Knowing: What is Ecology? |
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Week 2: What is the Southwest? |
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4 - Global Climate |
Our LAB this week (Tues. 9/8) will be held at the Durango Mtn. Park on the west side of town. We will meet AT THE PARK at 8:20 am. Please visit the attached map for directions on how to get there, & arrange to travel with a classmate. Plan on 15 minutes to get there from campus! |
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5 - Southwest Climate & Landscapes |
Homework - graph of ave. monthly precip. a site in the SW - follow link to Topic 5 (@ left) |
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Week 3: Change is the Only Constant |
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The Physical Environment - cont'd. |
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Week 4: The Human Animal |
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8 - Population Growth |
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9 - Human Ecology |
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Week 5: … & Other Animals |
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Leopold "Odyssey" |
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Leopold "Think Like a Mountain" & "Escudilla" |
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Beast in the Garden Discussion 1 |
read pages 5-36 & be able to address the linked questions |
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Part II. One -Earth, Many Homes |
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Weeks 6 & 7: “Climb the Mountains …” |
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| 10/6 - Exam 1 | |
10/8 - Life Zones - Introduction |
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10/15 –12- Life Zones, cont'd. |
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| 10/17 - Beast in Garden Discussion 2 | pages 37-78; Questions; Link to Mtn.LionExhibit worksheet |
Week 8: High Mountain Forests |
**For all of the communities we study, be able to name an indicator animal &/or describe the animal interaction(s) outlined by your class-mates, & name the dominant plants!! |
13 - Alpine Tundra & Treeline |
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| 14 - Subalpine Forests |
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Fire Policy & Beast Discussion 3 |
pages 81-166; Questions |
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Week 9: People in the Forest |
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Vallecito All-Day Field Trip |
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| 16 - Human Land-use in the Forest | |
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Week 10: The Foothills & Cold Deserts |
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| 17 - Cryptobiotics - Keystone of Colo. Plateau | Reserves: Belnap |
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18- Sagebrush: Endangered Habitat?
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Readings: Leopold "Cheat
Takes Over"; HCN 2/4/02: "Last Dance of the Sage Grouse" - http://www.hcn.org/issues/219/10992 ; HCN 5/22/00: "Save our Sagebrush" - http://www.hcn.org/issues/179/5809 |
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Beast Discussion 4 |
pages 169-240; Questions video Link: http://www.hcn.org/articles/video-still-howling-wolf |
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Week 11: Hot Deserts |
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| 19 - Hot Deserts | |
| 20 - Sonoran Dances (see previous day) | Reserves: Nabhan essays |
Week 12: Water: Liquid Gold of the SW |
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22 (see above) - Of Floods & Dams |
HCN 11/26/07: "Beetle Warfare" - http://www.hcn.org/issues/359/17368
HCN 5/28/98: “Tackling Tamarisk” - http://www.hcn.org/issues/131/4174 |
| 11/19-EXAM 2 – Part II. material |
Study Guide! |
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23 - Who gets to use the water? (see above) |
HCN 8/13/01: ”No Refuge in the Klamath Basin” |
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Part III. Sustainability in Ecological Systems |
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Week 13: Threats to Native Species |
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25 - Species Extinctions |
Leopold “Monument to the Pigeon” |
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26 - Exotic Species |
Extinction Video worksheet with questions |
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Conservation & Ethics |
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27 - Restoration Ecology |
Reserves: Leopold’s “Land Ethic” |
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29 - Conservation Biology: Closing |
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Final Exam – Issues from older material |
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Take-Home Portion of Exam |
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FINAL EXAM (details TBS) |
Monday 12/15, 10:00 am, rm. 755 BH |
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| FINAL ILP Lunch & Take-Home DUE!! | Wednesday 12/17, 12:00 CUB |
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