Instructor Teaching
Assistants
Dr.
Jiquan Chen Jim Le Moine
BO
3015-A BO 3008 & 3013
Ph: 530-2664 419-530-2246
E-mail:
jiquan.chen@utoledo.edu jlemoin@pop3.utoledo.edu
Guest
Instructors: Dr. Daolan Zheng, Jim Le
Moine, Eric Gustafson, …
Lecture:
11:00 – 11:55 a.m., Mon. Wed., and Fri., Rm BO2049
Jiquan: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m., Tue (or by
appointment via email)
Jim Le Moine: 3:00
– 5:00 p.m., Wed. and Thur. (or by appointment via email)
Textbook: To be distributed.
The course is for advanced undergraduates students from
different backgrounds such as ecology, biology, environmental engineering. Emphasis will be placed on ecological
patterns, processes, and management applications at multiple spatial and
temporal scales.
Grading Grading Scale
Midterm
exam (3/5/03): 20% 0-20
Final
exam (5/5/03): 30% 0-30
Homework:
15% 0-15
Class
Participation: 15% 0-15
Presentations
(4/30, 5/2): 20% 0-20
Students
are expected to adhere to principles of academic honesty in all aspects of this
course. Infractions may result in a
failing grade for the course.
Major
topics:
Vital landscape
attributes and pattern
analysis
Hierarchy theory
Scale and scaling
Heterogeneity and patch patterns
Fragmentation and edge effects
Landscape dynamics
Roads, streams, and other corridors
Relating
ecosystem processes to landscape structure
Landscape management & matrix
Landscape modeling and models
Species movement across landscapes
Applications of GIS & others
quantitative tools
Topics for presentation: A research topic will be selected by each
student with help from the instructor.
Based on literature, an outline of the poster will be presented by the
team by Week 8 in order to present your findings to the class in week 15.