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Course name: Principles of Ecology

Institution: Brooklyn College

Instructor: Tony Wilson

Wikipedia Expert: Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject: Ecology

Course dates: 2024-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-12-12 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors: 30

Ecology is the study of the interaction between organisms and their environment, and encompasses a broad array of study areas, ranging from individual organisms to the global biosphere. While ecological research has traditionally focused on natural systems independent of human impacts, insights from this work are becoming increasingly relevant as we attempt to understand the short- and long-term impacts of human settlement on the global environment. As part of Brooklyn’s innovative program in urban sustainability, BIOL3083 aims to provide a solid foundation in ecological theory, and to encourage students to use this theory to explore life in a modern city.

Students will work in groups, selecting one of the major ecological themes of the course, and work to translate these ecological principles to an urban environment. Students will prepare a research proposal outlining their topic, and including 2-3 primary references. Following the approval of their proposal, students will develop their topic into a full article. At the conclusion of the course, students will present their articles to the class, as an integrative Wiki.

The general structure of this assignment is followed each Fall, but student research is typically lost, as there is no way to archive student research papers in a way that is accessible to future classes. My hope is that if the experiment this semester is successful, we will continue to use Wikis in future years, providing a way for students to integrate/hyperlink their research to that of previous classes.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Salma Sahab	Urban evolution	Coney Island Creek
Patriciadabrowski	Urban evolution	Coney Island Creek
Rajaatahir	Gateway National Recreation Area	Florida Wildlife Corridor
SM2024	Swarming (honey bee)	Species richness
Naika123	Wildlife, Environmental impacts of animal agriculture, Intensive farming, Gateway National Recreation Area	Urban evolution
Arianna44444	Coney Island Creek	Species richness
Kevin.A.8363	Directional selection	Species richness
04AAlexander	Cat predation on wildlife	Urban evolution
Hima F	Urban evolution	Florida Wildlife Corridor
Daisybell1224!	Species richness	Cat predation on wildlife
Halseer78	Coney Island Creek	Gateway National Recreation Area
Adrisha Romain	Species richness	Florida Wildlife Corridor, Directional selection
Artemis127	Florida Wildlife Corridor	Swarming (honey bee), Cat predation on wildlife
Odaine.Chambers95	Landscape, Urban ecology, Landscape ecology, Florida Wildlife Corridor	Directional selection
Sam9211	Billion Oyster Project, Coney Island Creek	Gateway National Recreation Area
Lunarachel2	Cat–dog relationship, Cat-scratch disease, Mites of domestic animals, Cat predation on wildlife	Urban evolution
Pabuappa13	Cat predation on wildlife	Gateway National Recreation Area
JayG05	Botany, Biodiversity, Terrestrial biological carbon cycle, Gateway National Recreation Area	Directional selection
Shivani koirala	Swarming honey bees, Swarming (honey bee)	Cat predation on wildlife
ItchySquirl	Florida Wildlife Corridor	Cat predation on wildlife
CafeBusteloO	Neo-Darwinism, Directional selection, Divergent evolution	Swarming (honey bee)