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7.30[J] Fundamentals of Ecology

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(Same subject as 1.018[J], 12.031[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: MW10.30-12 (48-308) Recitation: M1 (48-316) or F2 (48-316) +final

Fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic living system. Coevolution of the biosphere and geosphere, biogeochemical cycles, metabolic diversity, primary productivity, competition and the niche, trophic dynamics and food webs, population growth and limiting factors. Population modeling, global carbon cycle, climate change, geoengineering, theories of resource competition and mutualism, allometric scaling, ecological genomics, niche theory, human population growth. Applied ecology.
O. Cordero, D. McRose, C. Terrer
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