BIOL 4253 Chapter : Syllabus Ecology 2016
Document Summary
Cronin office: a306 life sciences, phone: 8-7218, e-mail: jcronin@lsu. edu. Elderd office: a206 life sciences, phone 8-6733, e-mail: elderd@lsu. edu. Course overview: dr. cronin will be responsible for the first half of the course, and dr. elderd will be responsible for the second half. The purpose of this course is to provide a strong foundation in population and community ecology. As our world"s natural resources become degraded and altered (think about genetically engineered animals and crops), perhaps irrevocably, the understanding of this subject has become imperative. Ecology as a field of study is unlike most natural sciences (e. g. , cell biology, physiology, evolution) in that it is not as strongly rooted in axioms and paradigms. Controversy surrounds many of the ideas in ecology, but we are rapidly converging upon a strong theoretical framework upon which to base our ideas about the distribution and abundance of organisms.
