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課程資訊

課程名稱

群聚生態學論文選讀
Selected Readings of Community Ecology

開課學期

110-2

授課對象

生命科學院生態學與演化生物學研究所

授課教師

柯柏如

課號

EEB5098

課程識別碼

B44 U2100

班次

學分

2.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

星期二6,7(13:20~15:10)

上課地點

生科632

備註

總人數上限：15人

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課程概述

The goal of this discussion-based course, intended primarily for graduate students and upper-level undergraduate students, is to develop a historical perspective to better understand current issues in community ecology and related fields (e.g., population, ecosystem, and landscape ecology). To this end, students will present and discuss classic papers and related contemporary papers. As the papers included in this course are often textbooks examples of key ecological concepts, students are often aware of the narrative of the papers. However, this course is unique in that we will guide students to finally read these papers that most people cite but had never actually read. Students will also present and discuss their own research interests in relation to foundational concepts.

課程目標

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Use knowledge of classic papers to identify new research questions that are fundamental to the further development of community ecology
2. Lead and participate in scientific discussions to collaboratively achieve the goal above
3. Place their own community ecology research in the relevant historical context in their presentation of their work

課程要求

Students are required to read the foundational papers before class and be compared to participate in discussion. We will plan the course as follows.

Before the class
1. Before Monday, everyone will finish reading the assigned paper(s) and submit their answers to the following questions for each paper in NTU Cool
a. Which paragraph do you find most interesting or illuminating?
b. Which paragraph do you find most confusing or unclear?
c. What open-ended question relating to the papers would you pose to the class for discussion?

2. Discussion leaders (each student will lead discussion in 1-2 sessions)
a. Prepare a 20-min presentation about the historical context and contemporary relevance of the papers (Po-Ju can suggest supplementary readings to prepare for this presentation)
b. Make 3 discussion questions based on the answers submitted by everyone

In the class
30 min – Presentation by discussion leader
10 min – Follow up by Po-Ju
20 min – Q&A for clarification
30 min – Group discussion on the 3 questions from the discussion leader
30 min – Class discussion led by the discussion leader

預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數

Office Hours

另約時間備註： Please email pojuke@ntu.edu.tw to arrange a meeting.

指定閱讀

Main book
Foundations of Ecology: Classic Papers with Commentaries 1st Edition (1991).
Edited by Leslie A. Real and James H. Brown. The University of Chicago Press.

參考書目

Papers included in this course
1. Connell, J. H., and R. O. Slatyer (1977) Mechanisms of succession in natural communities and their role in community stability and organization. The American Naturalist 111:1119–1144
2. Connell, J. H. (1978) Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science 199:1302–1310
3. Denslow, J. S. (1980) Patterns of plant species diversity during succession under different disturbance regimes. Oecologia 46:18–21
4. Elton, C. S. (1927) Chapter V. The Animal Ecology. In: Animal Ecology. Macmillian Co., pages:1-15
5. Gleason, H. G. (1926) The individualistic concept of the plant association. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 53:7–26.
6. Grinnell, J. (1917) The niche-relationships of the California thrasher. The Auk 34:427–433
7. Hairston, N. G., F. E. Smith, and L. B. Slobodkin (1960) Community structure, population control, and competition. The American Naturalist 94:421–425
8. Hubbell, S. (1979) Tree dispersion, abundance, and diversity in a tropical dry forest. Science 203:1299–1309
9. Hutchinson, G. E. (1959) Homage to Santa Rosalia or why are there so many kinds of animals? The American Naturalist 93: 145–159
10. Lawton, J. H. (1999) Are there general laws in ecology? Oikos 84:177–192
11. Levin, S. A. (1992) The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: the Robert H. MacArthur award lecture. Ecology 73:1943–1967
12. Lubchenco, J. (1978) Plant species diversity in a marine intertidal community: importance of herbivore food preference and algal competitive abilities. The American Naturalist 112:23–39
13. MacArthur, R. H. (1958) Population ecology of some warblers of northeastern coniferous forests. Ecology 39:599–619
14. May, R. M. (1972) Will a large complex system be stable? Nature 238:413–414
15. Paine, R. (1966) Food web complexity and species diversity. The American Naturalist 100:65–75
16. Palmgren, A. (1926) Chance as an element in plant geography. Proceedings of the International Congress of Plant Sciences 1:591–602
17. Polis, G. A., and D. R. Strong. (1996) Food web complexity and community dynamics. The American Naturalist 147:813–846
18. Preston, F. W. (1962) The canonical distribution of commonness and rarity: part I. Ecology 43:185–215
19. Ricklefs, R. (1987) Community diversity - relative roles of local and regional processes. Science 235:167–171
20. Simberloff, D. (2004) Community ecology: is it time to move on? The American Naturalist 163:787–799
21. Tansley, A. G. (1935) The use and abuse of vegetational concepts and terms. Ecology 16:284–307
22. Tilman, D. (1996) Biodiversity: population versus ecosystem stability. Ecology 77:350–363
23. Turner, M. G. (1989) Landscape ecology - the effect of pattern on process. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20:171–197

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	出席	10%
2.	課前作業	20%
3.	參與討論	40%
4.	帶領討論	20%
5.	期末小報告	10%

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	2/15	Introduction
第2週	2/22	Niche [Grinnell (1917); Elton (1927)]
第3週	3/1	Chance [Gleason (1926); Palmgren (1926)]
第4週	3/8	Competition [MacArthur (1958)]
第5週	3/15	Biodiversity maintenance (1) [Hutchinson (1959)]
第6週	3/22	Biodiversity maintenance (2) [Connell (1978); Hubbell (1979)]
第7週	3/27	Species abundance [Preston (1962)]
第8週	4/5	Holiday -- No Class
第9週	4/12	Stability [May (1972); Pimm (1984)]
第10週	4/19	Keystone predation [Paine (1966); Lubchenco (1978)]
第11週	4/26	Trophic cascade [Hairston et al. (1960); Polis & Strong (1996)]
第12週	5/3	Succession [Connell & Slatyer (1977)]
第13週	5/10	Ecosystems [Tansley (1935)]
第14週	5/17	Scale [Levin (1992)]
第15週	5/24	Landscape [Rickelfs (1987)]
第16週	5/31	Student presentation
第17週	6/7	General discussion about community ecology [Lawton (1999)]
第18週	6/14	General discussion about community ecology [Simberloff (2004)]