PCB 5443

Advanced Ecology - Communities and Ecosystems

Spring 2012

Instructor: Jim Fourqurean, MSB 360, jim.fourqurean@fiu.edu.

Syllabus

(to be updated as the semester progresses)

V1.1

Date	Topic	Discussion leader	Ricklefs and Miller	Hagen	Keller and Golley	Primary Literature	Assignments due
10-Jan
12-Jan
17-Jan	Class organization and the Ecosystem Concept		173-184	1-32	111-114, 171-202
19-Jan	Stoichiometry		41-76			Redfield 1958
24-Jan	Biogeochemistry 1: C		211-258			Chapin et al. 2006	Synthesis #1
26-Jan	Biogeochemistry 1 readings	Melissa				Quinton et al 2010, Wright et al 2011
31-Jan	Biogeochemistry 3: N, P
2-Feb	Biogeochemistry 4: S, Fe, Al, etc					Ruiz-Halpern et al 2008.
7-Feb	Biogeochemistry 2 readings	Suresh				Zarnetske et al 2011, Sardans et al 2011
9-Feb	Energetics and Trophic dynamics		185-201	50-99		Elser et al 1996, Lindeman 1942, Hairston et al 1960, Carpenter et al 1985
14-Feb	Trophic dynamics readings	Ross					Synthesis #2
16-Feb	Trait-mediated indirect effects					Dill et al. 2003, Preisser et al. 2005, Schmitz et al 2004, Hansen et al 2007
21-Feb	Trait-mediated indirect effects readings	Abe
23-Feb	Succession and ecosystem development		564-587	33-49	21-70	Connell and Slatyer 1977, Bazzaz 1979, Bormann and Likens 1979, Rejmanek and Leps 1996
28-Feb	Succession and ecosystem development readings	Rob
1-Mar	Resource competition ecology 1		416-423,			Tilman 1980, Tilman 1985, Miller et al. 2005, Cherif and Loreau, 2007
6-Mar	Resource competition readings	Ian
8-Mar	Ecological Modeling		176-185, 259-268	100-145		Fourqurean et al 2003, Cloern 2007, Herbert et al 2011	Synthesis #3
13-Mar	No class-Spring Break
15-Mar	No Class- Spring Break
20-Mar	Ecological Modeling readings	Danielle
22-Mar	Landscape ecology					Turner, 1989, 2005
27-Mar	Landscape ecology readings	Ewan
29-Mar	Biodiversity 1		539-618		101-131	Tilman 1994, Tilman 1996, Volkov et al 2003, Hubbell 2006, Algar et al 2007	Synthesis #4
3-Apr	Biodiversity readings	Jaeson
5-Apr	Human impacts on ecosystems		41-52, 203-226			Vitousek et al 1997, Tilman et al 2001, Galloway et al 2003, Osterblom et al 2007, Worm et al 2006
10-Apr	Human impacts readings	Luke
12-Apr	Ecological Economics					Costanza et al 1997, Kremen 2005, Farber et al 2006, Barkmann et al 2008, Ehrlich 2008
17-Apr	Ecological Economics readings	Ramon					Synthesis #5
19-Apr
Bonus day!
Bonus day!
Assigned Final time	Synthesis assignment symposium	Moderator: