Ecology
Course Code: 81029000
Course：Ecology
Credit: 3 Semester: the fifth terms
Students: Undergraduates who majored in bioscience and marine resource
Pre-course: Zoology, Botany
Teachers：Zheng Feng-ying, associate professor, Dr.
Li u Jian, assistant professorship, Ms.
Introduction:
Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their natural environment. It includes individual ecology, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and applied ecology. The aims of this course are as bellows: first, students should understand the basic concepts and theoretical system in ecology; second, students should understand the relationships between environment and organisms in different levels such as individual, population, community and ecosystem; third, students could analysis the reasons produced global change and unbalanced ecosystems; fourth, students should know the mankind should resolve these environmental problems under the ecology law.
Evaluation:
Examination form: Closed book exam, test time for 120 minutes, papers out of 100 points
Specified materials：
Sun Ru-Yong et al. Basic Ecology. High Education Press,2003, 2nd edition. Reference:
【1】Li Bo，Ecology, High Education Press,2000，1st edition
【2】Sun Ru-Yong,Animal ecology, 2002，Beijing Normal University Press,1st edition
【3】Ge Feng，Modern Ecology，Science Press，2002，1st Press
【4】Odum, E.P.( Sun Ru-Yong et al. traslated)，Basic Ecology, High Education Press，1971，1st edition
【5】Kormondy，Concepts of Ecology，Prentice Hall, 1996，3rd.。