August 14, 2018 – Introduction / Scientific computing I
- Handout
- Data: Seeds
- Exercise: Manipulating data in R
- Data: Buzzard bay
August 16, 2018 – Scientific computing II
- Reading: Does population ecology have general laws?
- Exercise: Scientific programming
August 21, 2018 – Population growth and decline
- Reading: Population growth & decline
- Lecture slides: Population growth & decline
August 23, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Density dependence
- Lecture slides: Density dependence
August 28, 2018 – Density dependence & complex dynamics
- Reading: Complex dynamics
- Lecture slides: Complex dynamics
- Exercise: Testing for density dependence | Handout
August 30, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Extinction
- Lecture slides: Extinction
September 4, 2018 – Age structure
- Reading: Age-structure
- Lecture slides: Age-structure
September 6, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Metapopulations
- Lecture slides: Metapopulations
September 11, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Ecosystem engineering
- Lecture slides: Ecosystem engineering
September 13, 2018
- Exam 1
September 18, 2018 – Lotka-Volterra competition
- Reading: Lotka-Volterra competition
- Lecture slides: Competition
September 20, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Host-parasitoid interactions
- Lecture slides: Host-parasitoid interactions
September 25, 2018 – R* theory of competition
- Reading: Resource competition
- Lecture slides: Resource competition
September 27, 2018 – Group project work: Population dynamics
- Reading: Mutualisms
- Lecture slides: Mutualism & Commensalism
October 2, 2018 – Predator-prey dynamics
- Reading: Predator-prey dynamics
- Lecture slides: Predator-prey dynamics
October 4, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Host-parasite interactions
- Lecture slides: Host-parasite interactions
October 9, 2018 – Paper discussion: Hare-Lynx interactions
- Reading: Krebs et al. (1995)
- Handout
October 11, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Indirect interactions
- Lecture slides: Indirect interactions
October 16, 2018 – Trophic cascades
October 18, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Niche theory
- Lecture slides: Niche theory
October 23, 2018
Exam 2
October 25, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Latitudinal diversity gradients
- Exercise: Bats
- Lecture slides: Latitudinal diversity gradients
October 30, 2018 – Measuring biodiversity
November 1, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Species area curves
November 6, 2018 – Species area relationships
November 8, 2018 – Group project work: Biodiversity
- Reading: Island biogeography
- Lecture slides: Island biogeography
November 13, 2018 – Neutral theory
- Reading: Neutral theory
- Exercise: Zipped R File
- Lecture slides: Neutral theory
November 15, 2018 – Biodiversity and ecosystem function
- Reading: Diversity and stability and Hector et al. 1999
- Lecture slides: Biodiversity and ecosystem function
November 19-23, 2018 – Thanksgiving break
November 27, 2018 – Review
November 29, 2018 – Group presentations
December 11, 2018 (3:30pm-6:30pm) – Exam 3