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Biology 120 Natural History

Textbook Reading
Following is the recommended reading sequence in the text. You will be notified by email of any change to this list such as when the sequence is changed or when chapters are added or revised.

Reading Support for Exam 01

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• Lecture Hurricanes
• Lecture Tropics
• Lecture Chaparral and Bigpod Ceanothus
• Lecture Mono Lake
• Lecture South Polar Seas
• Text Earth: Atmosphere
• Text Earth: Insolation
• Text Earth: Biomes
• Text Earth: Altitude, Latitude and Longitude
• Text Earth: General Geology
• Text Earth Plate Tectonics
• Text Earth: Biomes
• Text Ecology: Vernal Pools
• Text Biogeography: Rocky Shores
• Text Biogeography: Chaparral


Reading Support for Exam 02

• Lecture Plant Life Histories
• Text Biodiversity: All Chapters but with emphasis on Green Algae, Brown Algae and Red Algae
• Text Botany: Overview
• Text Botany: Mosses
• Text Botany: Ferns
• Text Botany: Horsetails and Scouring Rushes
• Text Botany: Gymnosperms
• Text Botany: Flowering Plants
• Text Botany: Primary Growth
• Text Botany: Secondary Growth
• Text Biogeography: Dunes
• Text Biogeography: North American Deserts
• Text Biogeography: Sandy Beach


Reading Support for Exam 03

• Lecture Fertilization and Early Development
• Text Zoology: What is an Animal? Overview
• Text Zoology: Invertebrate Life Histories
• Text Biogeography: Ocean Partitions and Reproductive
• Text Biogeography: Coral Reefs
• Text Ecology: Honey Bee Search Dynamics

Reading Support for Exam 04

• Text Ecology: Interactions and Communities
• Text Ecology: Vernal Pools
• Text Biogeography: Freshwater Wetlands, Ponds and Lakes
• Text Biogeography: Rocky Shores
• Text Biogeography: Estuary
• Text Ecology: Trophic Pyramids
• Text Ecology: Predator and Prey



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