Unit 1: How Do Healthy Ecosystems Work?
PowerPoint: Biogeochemical Cycles
PowerPoint Ecosystems
PowerPoint Disturbance
PowerPoint Succession
PowerPoint History of Life
PowerPoint Biodiversity
Primary Productivity Lab: Write-up Guidelines
Reading Assignments (online)
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems: Vitousek et al.
Do Plants Have Primacy: Power
Wetlands Reading - for field trip
California coastal wetlands - Make sure you know the main ecosystem functions of wetlands
USGS: San Francisco Bay and Delta - a System Undergoing Change
Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone - ecological effects
Role of wolves in ecosystems - compares Isle Royale and Yellowstone
Mark Hixon: Keystone damselfish and Intermediate Disturbance
Fire Ecology and fire adapted forests (read for Wed 10/24)
Fire adaptation in chaparral communities (for Wed 10/24)
Succession - read main page and click on links in sidebar (for Wed 10/24)
More succession: good study tool
Biodiversity:
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
Nice notes on Biodiversity (good study/review guide)
Habitat Fragmentation - short reading
Vitousek paper on Impacts of Invasive Species
Assignment for Vitousek paper (note-taking guide)
Computer Simulation Webpage (Web of Life)