課程資訊
課程名稱
生態學
Ecology 
開課學期
101-1 
授課對象
生物資源暨農學院  昆蟲學系  
授課教師
奧山利規 
課號
ENT3003 
課程識別碼
612E30200 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必帶 
上課時間
星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
中非104 
備註
本課程以英語授課。建議先修過微積分課程。
總人數上限:40人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1011ecology 
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課程概述

This course provides students with a broad background in the principles of ecology. It covers ecology at different levels of organization including behavioral, physiological, evolutionary, population & community, and ecosystem ecology (and some other specialized topics).

Some materials we cover in the course are not in the textbook. Students are responsible for everything discussed/covered in class --- attendance is essential for a satisfactory completion of the course although we do not take attendance.

Although we do not take attendance, unannounced quizzes may be given. Missed assignments, quizzes, and exams will not be made up unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor.

If any questions, including potential grading errors, arise for your grade on an exam, an assignment or a quiz, submit a written request with your rationale for a regrade. Requests must be made within one week of the return of a graded material, otherwise the grade is final.

Assignments may require computational and/or mathematical knowledge. The required knowledge/skill will be taught, and no prior background is assumed. Students must be open-minded to the approach.

The course schedule is subject to changes during the semester.

LATE ASSIGNMENT PENALTY
1 day: 70%
2 days: 60%
3 days or more: 0% 

課程目標
This course aims to give students the background needed to understand issues and debates in ecology and to help students to perceive nature scientifically. This course is also intended to help students prepare for more specialized courses in ecology.  
課程要求
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
Students who wish to learn more are welcomed to contact the instructor for
additional readings. 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
9/13  Course overview<br/>
Introduction (CH1) 
Week 2
9/20  Physical Environment (CH2)<br/>
The Biosphere (CH3) 
Week 3
9/27  Coping with Environmental Variation:<br/>
Temperature and Water (CH4)<br/>
Energy (CH5) 
Week 4
10/04  Evolution and Ecology (CH6)<br/>
Life History Analyses (CH7) 
Week 5
10/11  Sex and Evolution (not a book chapter)<br/>
Population Distribution and Abundance (CH8) 
Week 6
10/18  Exam 1 
Week 7
10/25  Population Growth and Regulation (CH9) 
Week 8
11/01  Population Dynamics (CH10)<br/>
Competition (CH11) 
Week 9
11/08  Mutualism and Commensalism (CH14)<br/>
Parasitism (CH13)<br/>
Seminar (Speaker: Dr. Takema Fukatsu)<br/>
Title: Capsule-Transmitted Gut Symbionts of Plataspid Stinkbugs<br/>
http://staff.aist.go.jp/t-fukatsu/English%20Top.html 
Week 10
11/15  No Class 
Week 11
11/22  Predation and Herbivory (CH12) 
Week 12
11/29  Exam 2 
Week 13
12/06  The Nature of Communities (CH15)<br/>
Change in Communities (CH16) 
Week 14
12/13  Biogeography (CH17)<br/>
Species Diversity in Communities (CH18) 
Week 15
12/20  Production (CH19)<br/>
Energy Flow and Food Webs (CH20) 
Week 16
12/27  Nutrient Supply and Cycling (CH21)</br>
TBA 
Week 17
1/03  Open Office 
Week 18
1/10  Exam 3