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• BIS 219 Entire Course (UOP Course)

• BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment Beren Robinson Field
  Study Paper (UOP)

• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the
  important aspects of the study and how they
  relate to ecology and evolution.

• BIS 219 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• BIS 219 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• BIS 219 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

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BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP)
What is your personal definition of ecology? How
do the definitions of ecology presented by
Essentials of Ecology and the one proposed by
Ernst Haeckel
What is the difference between evolution and
natural selection? What factors make the
Galapagos Islands such a fertile ground for
observing evolution and natural selection?
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP)
  Define the terms fundamental niche and realized
niche. How does competition relate to George
Evelyn Hutchinsons concept of niches?
What is intraspecific competition? What are some
examples of how the limited quantity of resources
affect intraspecific completion?
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BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 2 Environment, Resources, and
Competition (UOP)
Describe the three main types of predator defined
in ecology. How does an understanding of fitness,
abundance, and foraging
  Resources University of Phoenix Materials
Temperature and Precipitation, Intraspecific
Competition, and Interspecific Competition
located on your student website
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BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP)
organisms, populations, and communities in an
assigned ecosystem. Develop an outline and
suggest additional interactions that might be
important
What are some ways ecologists define populations?
What are some of the factors that regulate
populations? What challenges do ecologists
encounter when studying populations?
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP)
What is primary and secondary production? What
are the limiting factors on primary production in
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?
  What is demographic stochasticity? Why are
small populations more susceptible to extinction
from demographic stochasticity than larger
populations?
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BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 4 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast
Culture Lab (UOP)
  Resources University of Phoenix Materials Lab
Report Outline, Yeast Lab Worksheet, and Yeast
Lab Spreadsheet located on your student website
What is a biogeochemical cycle? Describe how the
hydrological cycle transports water through
ecosystems. What are some examples of both benign
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BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)
  Define the following terms biome, mosaic, and
patch. What role does scale play in the study of
ecology? Why are aquatic ecosystems classified
differently than terrestrial biomes?
Identify producers and consumers in your native
biome and answer the following questionsHow
would removing a producer affect that biome?
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP)
  What is the difference between species richness
and diversity? What are some of the challenges in
determining the species richness of a community?
How can these challenges be overcome?
How does climate influence a biome? What are some
of the factors that determine an areas biome?
Why do ecologists study the transitional zones
between biomes?
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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 4 (UOP)
BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem
WebQuest and Presentation (UOP)
  Resource Ecosystem WebQuest located on your
student websiteSelect an ecosystem to examine.
Obtain faculty approval for your
ecosystem.Navigate the Ecosystem WebQuest and
answer the questions located within it.
How do alien species affect ecosystems? How might
alien plants and animals influence evolutionary
differentiation?
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BIO 315 Week 5 Assignment Estuary Project Paper
(UOP)
BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)
  Case Study Review and DiscussionComplete the
followingRead the field study in Ch. 20 of
Elements of Ecology and discuss the questions at
the end.
Read the Introduction to the San Francisco
Estuary Project Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan found on the San Francisco
Estuary Projects (SFEP) website at
http//sfep.abag.ca.govSelect the Publications
link on the left-hand side of the site.
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