課程資訊
課程名稱
 族群生物學
POPULATION BIOLOGY 
開課學期
 94-1 
授課對象
 生命科學院  生命科學系  
授課教師
 林雨德 
課號
 EEB5009 
課程識別碼
 B44 U1110 
班次
  
學分
 3 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 必修 
上課時間
 星期三6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 生科4B 
備註
 E群選擇必修。最好先修過生態學。
限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：30人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/941pop_bio 
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課程概述

This is a course in population biology with an emphasis on population
ecology. Since several students taking this course had minimal ecology
background, the material covered in this course will start from basic, then
move gradually into more advanced topics. I will try to incorporate lectures
with various other activities, including outdoor experiments and classroom
assignments/discussions to achieve the following goals for this course. Much
of what you will learn is your own work, including weekly reading and
assignments.
Remember, I welcome your suggestions anytime. Don’t be shy to talk to me.
Much of what you will learn is your own work, including weekly reading and
assignments. 

課程目標
 1.Students understand science as a process of inquiry. This means they are
able to ask scientific questions, gather data and observations, process their
results, and synthesize coherent, justifiable trends or conclusions that can
be applied to other systems.
2.Students are able to locate scientific information and analyze its
usefulness and validity.
3.Students are able to use mathematical principles and computer technology to
solve scientific problems.
4.Students have a broad knowledge of the biological systems, and the
principles which govern them.
5.Students recognize that science is based upon a small number of important
principles which allow scientists to understand a diverse range of natural
phenomena. 
課程要求
 Course Requirement:
1.Attendance: You need to attend lectures to earn points from quizzes. Only
absences with supporting official documents are excused. For example, if you
need to do field work in a given week, please provide a note detailing the
reason and have it signed by your advisor. There is a 10 point deduction for
each unexcused absence.
2.Group collaboration: You will be divided into random groups. Each will be
led by a graduate student. You will sit together during the class and
generate products for exercises together.
3.Quizzes: There will be 15 weekly quizzes. Quizzes will be based on
material covered in lectures and reading assignment. They will include mainly
short answer questions. Sometimes, an in-class assignment will replace part
of a quiz. There is no final exam per se. The last quiz will be given during
the final exam week.
4.Homework: There will be 15 weekly homework assignments. Homework are
usually short reports of laboratory exercises. Frequently, you will turn in
homework as groups. In that case, all group members will share the same score
for the homework. No make-up quizzes will be allowed; no late homework will
be accepted. Quiz & homework total 20 points per week.
5.Group Investigation: Students will work in groups to complete a group
project. You need to apply the scientific methods to answer a question of
interest to you, report the process in a written report, and give an oral
presentation to your class. No late reports will be accepted. At the end of
semester, you will turn in, as a group, a portfolio that contains everything
you have done related to the group project. All group members will share the
same score for the written and oral report.
6.Peer-grading: You will grade yourself and your group member at the end of
semester.
7.Extra-credit activities: You can replace up to 2 lowest weekly points with
points earned from extra-credit activities (20 points each). You need to
participate in the activities, and write a report for each activity (see
below).
8.Discipline: Finish your lunch before you come. There is absolutely no food
during the class. I encourage active academic interactions during class
discussion. However, I trust you know when it’s time to shut up. Tardiness,
leaving early, or having cell phone ringing are all annoying behaviors.
Serious tardiness will be treated as absences. If you need to leave early,
please inform me in advance.
9.Honesty: Cheating will not be tolerated. It includes plagiarism. We
observe the highest standard of academic integrity.
10.Grade checking: Throughout the semester, you should retain any graded paper
for future references. I will let you check the points you earn at
proximately every 5 weeks. Any correction of errors in points earned should
be requested in writing. Retain the request I sign and return to you for
future reference.

Evaluation:
Your grades will be based on the following components:
15 Quizzes and Homework 300 points (20 points per week)
1 Written Report 60 points
1 Oral Report 20 points
1 Peer Grading 20 points (or higher)

TOTAL 400 points

Grading Standards:
The total points you collect will be prorated to a 100 points scale.
Undergraduate students need to receive 60 points (or higher), and graduate
students 70 points (or higher) to pass the course. I will either use a normal
distribution scale or an absolute scale depending on the performance of the
whole class. 
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參考書目
 Any big fat ecology textbook, read the population biology parts.
A primer of ecology, 3rd ed., by Nicholas J. Gotelli, Sinauer, 2001
A primer of population genetics 3rd ed., by Daniel L. Hartl, Sinauer, 2000
 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
 9/21  Introduction 
第2週
 9/28  Distribution and Dispersion 
第3週
 10/5  Physical factors & density 
第4週
 10/12  Life Table 
第5週
 10/19  Population growth 
第6週
 10/26  Competition I 
第7週
 11/2  Competition II 
第8週
 11/9  Midterm Exam 
第9週
 11/16  Predation I 
第10週
 11/23  Predation II 
第11週
 11/30  Dispersal ecology 
第12週
 12/7  Metapopulation 
第13週
 12/14  Plant population ecology 
第14週
 12/21  Hardy-Weinberg principles 
第15週
 12/28  Mutation, Migration, and Drift 
第16週
 1/4  Oral presentations