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• BIO 315 Entire Course (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment Beren Robinson

• BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1
• BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2
• BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment Beren Robinson Field
  Study Paper
• BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1

• Resources Field Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5
  of Elements of EcologyWrite a 700- to 1,050-word
  paper explaining the important aspects of the
  study and how they relate to ecology and
  evolution.

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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

• 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)

• What is intraspecific competition? What are some
  examples of how the limited quantity of resources
  affect intraspecific completion?

• Define the terms fundamental niche and realized
  niche. How does competition relate to George
  Evelyn Hutchinsons concept of niches?

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• BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 2 Environment, Resources

• Describe the three main types of predator defined
  in ecology.

• 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)

• Complete the followingAfter reading Ch. 1 of
  Essentials of Ecology, create an outline of the
  main interactions that happen between organisms,
  populations, and communities in an assigned
  ecosystem.

• 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 demographic stochasticity? Why are small
  populations more susceptible to extinction from
  demographic stochasticity than larger
  populations?

• What is primary and secondary production? What
  are the limiting factors on primary production in
  terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?

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• BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 4 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment Yeast
  Culture Lab

• What is a biogeochemical cycle? Describe how the
  hydrological cycle transports water through
  ecosystems.

• Resources University of Phoenix Materials Lab
  Report Outline, Yeast Lab Worksheet, and Yeast
  Lab Spreadsheet located on your student website

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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 3 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)

• Ecosystem StabilityComplete the
  followingIdentify producers and consumers in
  your native biome and answer the following
  questionsHow would removing a producer affect
  that biome?

• 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?

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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP)

• 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?

• 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?

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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 4 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Ecosystem

• How do alien species affect ecosystems? How might
  alien plants and animals influence evolutionary
  differentiation? Why is understanding diversity
  and species richness so challenging for
  ecologists?

• Resource Ecosystem WebQuest located on your
  student websiteSelect an ecosystem to examine.
  Obtain faculty approval for your ecosystem.

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BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 5 Assignment Estuary Project Paper
  (UOP)

• BIO 315 Week 5 Learning Team Exercises (UOP)

• Resource The San Francisco Estuary Project
  websiteRead the Introduction to the San
  Francisco Estuary Project Comprehensive

• Case Study Review and DiscussionComplete the
  followingRead the field study in Ch. 20 of
  Elements of Ecology and discuss the questions at
  the end.

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