ANNOTATED SLIDE SHOWS:

These are all in pdf format.  To make file sizes manageable, I've downgraded image resolution a bit, but they should be adequate. SOME OF THE FILES ARE STILL PRETTY LARGE, so be patient about downloading.  If there are problems, let me know.

1. Introductory class – the ecology of  Lyme disease as a case study in ecological perspectives.

2. The problem of diversity: Island biogeography and the framing and testing of ecological hypotheses

3. Population biology Part I (general models/theory)

4. Population biology Part II (mostly human population history and dynamics)

5. Competition and Niche theory

6. Evolution Part I: Basic selective theory

7. Evolution Part II: Co-evolution and life history theory

8. Evolution Part III: Divergence, speciation, and phylogeny

9. Ecosystems:

10: Communities: Succession Part I

11. Communities: Succession Part II