General Readings in Ecology

1. Introductions
   • Introduction to Ecology I: Distributions.
   • Introduction to Ecology II: Populations.
   • Introduction to Ecology III: Energy and Nutrient Flow
   • Introduction to Ecology IV: Food Webs
2. Simulations
   • Population Growth Simulation
   • Competition Simulation
   • Predation Simulation
   • Energy and Nutrient Flow
   • Food Webs
3. Patch Disturbing Species: Mostly from a human perspective, but with good examples of succession, general community ecology, and population dynamics.
4. Hydrothermal Vent Biology: A collection of readings describing these unusual communities. See also "Into the Abyss" Nova program.
5. Extremophiles. Read the Scientific American Article (See this one too!)
6. The Tide Pool Page. An excellent introduction to the inter-tidal zone and tide pools.
7. More on extreme environments: The Case for Relic Life on Mars. See some images here.
8. The Search for Life on Mars. Where should we look?
9. Mars: Water, Climate, and Life. Read it here.
10. Dispersal, Navigation, and Migration.
11. Factors limiting species distribution are here and here.
12. Distribution of Paridae in East Asia.
13. Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients (Whew!)
14. Cool stuff is here
15. Butterflies of North America