Lecture Notes/Text for ESP 30 (pdfs)

Old Lecture Notes                                  PowerPoint Presentations

Lecture 1                                                World Climates

Lecture 2                                                 Vegetation Patterns

Lecture 3                                                 Biotic adaptation

Lecture 4                                                 Human Adaptation

Lectures 5 & 6                                         Tropical Biomes 1, 2, and 2a

Lectures 7 & 8                                         Arid and Semi-Arid Biomes 3, 7, & 7a

Lecture 9                                                  Mediterranean Biome 4

No Lecture 10 (Midterm) See example final link below

Lectures 11 & 12                                       Temperate and Boreal Forests

Lecture 13                                                  Tundra

Lecture 14                                                   Mountain Biomes

Lecture 15                                                    Introduction to Aquatic Biomes

Lectures 16 & 17                                        Ocean Systems

Lecture 18                                                   Estuaries

Lectures 19 & 20                                        Lakes and Streams + Oceanography Methods

Lecture 21                                                   Evolution on a Restless Planet

Practice Final

Hints: Making Natural History Observations

Introduction to Field Trips

Darwin on coral reefs: model natural history writing

Sunset Climate Zones for Field Trips

Hope Valley Field Trip Guide

Emigrant Gap Field Trip Guide

Bodega Bay Field Trip Guide

Australia biomes

North and Central American biomes

South American biomes

African Biomes

Asian Biomes

European Biomes

 

 

South American Biomes