Wildlife Diseases: From Individuals to Ecosystems
Tompkins, Daniel M., Alison M. Dunn, Matthew J. Smith, and Sandra Telfer. 2011. “Wildlife Diseases: From Individuals to Ecosystems.” Journal
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Here’s the list of possible topics we came up with today. Looking forward to your research proposals! Coral holobiont (Ashton)
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The prompt for the course project is available here.
Read MorePredicting across Scales: Theory Development and Testing
Monica G Turner, Virginia H Dale, and Robert H Gardner. 1989. “Predicting across Scales: Theory Development and Testing.” Landscape Ecology
Read MoreMultiscale, Hierarchical Models of Pulse Dynamics in Arid Ecosystems
Ecological processes in arid landscapes are generally described using a pulse-dynamic framework due to the dependence of most of these
Read MoreThree rules for leading a class discussion
Essay on leading a class discussions available here. See you in class!
Read MorePattern-Oriented Modeling of Agent-Based Complex Systems: Lessons from Ecology
Grimm, Volker, et al. “Pattern-oriented modeling of agent-based complex systems: lessons from ecology.” science 310.5750 (2005): 987-991. Grimm et al.
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Multiscale regime shifts and planetary boundaries
The earth and its subsystems have undergone many regime shifts (i.e., when a small change in a driving variable leads
Read MoreA movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research
Like many other fields within ecology, the study of organismal movement (usually – but not always – the movement of
Read MoreA spatial explicit hierarchical approach to modeling complex ecological systems: theory and applications
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00499-9 Authors present a spatially explicit hierarchical modeling framework for investigating complex ecological systems using a multiple-scale methodology. This article can
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