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8.00 Credits
Lecture, one hour; field trip, 10 hours. Requisite: course 100. Five-week course offered only as part of Field Biology Quarter. Field-oriented introduction to mechanisms by which vascular plants adapt themselves to their abiotic and biotic environments using community, population, and ecophysiological levels of integration. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of ecological and evolutionary principles necessary to understand nature and importance of worldwide environmental crisis. Research by students of specific conservation issues and presentation of results to class. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, Mathematics 3A and 3B, or 31A. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology. Introduction to mechanics and processes of evolution, with emphasis on natural selection, population genetics, speciation, evolutionary rates, and patterns of adaptation. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 3, 4. Molecular biology, with emphasis on evolutionary aspects. DNA replication, RNA transcription, protein synthesis, gene expression, and molecular evolution. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1, Mathematics 3B or 31A. Highly recommended: Mathematics 31B, 32A. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology. Introduction to population and community ecology, with emphasis on growth and distributions of populations, interactions between species, and structure, dynamics, and functions of communities and ecosystems. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, five hours; laboratory, 15 hours. Recommended requisites: courses 100, 122. Offered either as 8-unit quarterlong course or as 4-unit five-week intensive course given off campus as part of Marine Biology Quarter. Survey of current topics in marine ecology, including analysis of primary research literature combined with field study of ecology of marine organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Original research project required. Letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; laboratory or field trip, 10 hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1. Recommended: courses 111, 120, 122. Offered either as 4-unit quarter-long course with weekend field trips or as single field trip conducted between quarters, followed by lectures and tutorials for three weeks. When course is given as part of Field Biology Quarter, it is 8 units and lasts for five weeks. Field and laboratory research in ecology; collection, analysis, and write-up of numerical data, with emphasis on design and execution of field studies. Letter grading.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly numbered C125.) Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1. Offered either as 4-unit quarter-long course or as 8-unit Field Biology Quarter course. Four-unit course has lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Animal communication behavior, tropical vertebrate biology, and evolution of information processing systems. Eight-unit course covers same basic lecture material in five or six intensive weeks, followed by extended field trips where students do individual projects in animal communication. Letter grading.
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3.00 Credits
Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1, Mathematics 3C or 32A. Recommended: course 129. Offered either as 4-unit quarter-long course or as 8- unit Field Biology Quarter course. Four-unit course has lecture, three hours; discussion, three hours. Animal communication behavior, island biogeography, and evolution of social behavior. Eight-unit course covers same basic lecture material in five intensive weeks, followed by extended field trip where students do individual projects in behavioral ecology. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; one two-day field trip. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, Physics 1C and 4BL, or 6C or 6CH. Study of plant/environment interactions under natural conditions. Transpiration and photosynthesis, leaf temperatures, and water movement in soil/ plant/atmosphere continuum. Letter grading.
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