BIOLOGY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lyme Disease, Rodent, Epideme
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Week 13: indirect effects in oak forests (nov. 30, dec. 1 & 2 2015) Note: the quiz due on monday, nov. 30 will cover the prediscussion assignment for week. This discussion introduces the concept of a biological community, reviewing the exam 3 material and allowing a glimpse of how the dynamics of a natural community can affect public health when the community can harbor a human disease agent. The disease agent in this case is a bacterium which does not harm the biological community, but harms people. This oak forest system is also an example ecosystem that all the bio171 students and instructors can use to illustrate concepts from lectures 23 & Ctools assignment: submit the ctools questions (page 2) on ctools by 8am on nov. 30 (monday). Bring to class: bring the answers to the ctools assignment to class.
