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#biological interactions
Describe the basic features of competition and predator-prey interactions
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BIOL 1030
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Describe the microbial food web (in the ocean): dominance and role of Bacteria; bacterivory and microbial predation; mixotrophy; viruses
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the phenomenon of (primary) endosymbiosis and its role in the origins of mitochondria and plastids (chloroplasts).
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BIOL 1010
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Explain top-down and bottom-up control of primary productivity
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BIOL 2060
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Provide examples of how biological interactions (competition, predation, mutualism) structure communities
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BIOL 1011
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State the main factors related to aquatic health and disease and their interplay
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MARI 3602
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Understand the fundamentals of disease dynamics and transmission
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BIOL 2060
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Describe conservation issues facing taxonomic and functional groups of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Describe the importance of metapopulations, economic trade-offs, individual species traits, and ecological interactions for protected area design
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BIOL 3065
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Explain the importance of plants to humans and other organisms (oxygen production, crops, primary producers)
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BIOL 2004
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Interpret food-web diagrams in terms of indirect interactions including trophic cascades
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BIOL 2060
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Outline examples of positive (e.g. mutualism, symbiosis, facilitation) and negative (e.g. competition, predation, parasitism) biological interactions
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BIOL 2060
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Understand ecological integrity and its indicators.
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BIOL 3060
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Analyze the main types of biological interactions (competition, predation and mutualism) with mathematical models
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BIOL 3061
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Compare the variety of invertebrate and vertebrate animal body‐forms, ecologies, life histories, and physiologies
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BIOL 2003
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Describe the distribution, environmental features, and trophic structure of tropical coral reefs
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BIOL 3761
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Describe the mechanisms through which plants interact amongst themselves.
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BIOL 3066
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Discover the relationship between biological interactions and community structure
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BIOL 3061
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Explain processes that determine patterns of distribution, abundance and productivity of kelp beds/forests along temperate coasts
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BIOL 3761
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Explain the interplay of biological interactions and physical factors in determining patterns of intertidal zonation on rocky shores
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BIOL 3761
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Explain the roles of disturbance and biological interactions (competition, grazing, predation and disease) in shaping community organization in kelp beds/forests worldwide, and the impact of invasive species on the kelp-bed ecosystem of the Northwest Atlantic
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BIOL 3761
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Generalize and appreciate animal diversity on a global scale.
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BIOL 2003
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Identify effects of and defense strategies for seed predation, grazing and parasitism.
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BIOL 3066
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Identify environmental factors and biological interactions that influence resource abundance
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BIOL 3063
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Relate changes in animal systems to transition onto land
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BIOL 2003
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Understand the importance of below-ground processes for plants including obtaining nutrients, mycorrhizae and decomposition.
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BIOL 3066
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Apply knowledge of entomology to strategies of pest control.
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BIOL 3327
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Assess practices of controlling resource production, pests, and predators
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BIOL 3063
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Demonstrate the importance of insects that are beneficial to agriculture.
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BIOL 3327
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Describe insects' relationships with plants and other animals.
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BIOL 3327
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Describe the role of insects in nature.
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BIOL 3327
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Discover the positive and negative tree-crops-soil interactions (for light, water, and nutrients).
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BIOL 3634
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Evaluate current literature on the applications of biologging methods to a variety of species and ecological topics.
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BIOL 4323
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Examine the principles and theories on the relationships between terrestrial life (individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems) and both biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.
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BIOL 3762
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Explain and apply the main selective pressures on animal signals
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BIOL 3062
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Explain the importance of agroforestry and the involved biophysical processes.
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BIOL 3634
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Explain the role of insects in forestry.
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BIOL 3327
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Identify and understand basic anti-predator strategies and characteristics of predator-prey evolutionary arms races
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BIOL 3062
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Know mechanisms for functional divergence at the molecular level that span a wide range of biological complexity. Understand how specific models of adaptive evolution explain real examples of functional divergence.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand how molecular evolutionary processes give rise to patterns of genetic diversity that we observe in the natural world, and how to use those patterns to make inferences about different processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the importance of molecular evolution in the post-genomic era, and be able to explain this to non-specialists.
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BIOL 3046
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