MOD 1 - Definition of ecology – levels of organization – modular vs unitary species – Scientific method – manipulative and mesurative experiments – procedural controls – ecological data – variables and parameters – the physical environment - climate – aquatic environment – natural selection - Charles Darwin – primary producers - chemo and photo synthesis – adaptations - populations – population growth – life cycle – intraspecific regulation – intraspecific competition – Metapopolations – specie interactions - Coevolution - Competition – ecological niche - Predation - Parassitism and Mutualism.

MOD 2 - Community ecology , structure and dynamics – landscape dynamics – ecosystem ecology – energy in the ecosystems – decomposition and nutrients cycle – biogeochemical cycles – examples of ecosystems – biodiversity distribution – human ecology – loss of habitat, biodiversity and conservation – climate change.