The study of the rise and fall of populations, inter- and intraspecific interactions - with a strong flavor of conservation biology and management.
Course Info
Instructors:
- Eliezer (Elie) Gurarie · egurarie@esf.edu · Illick 206 ·
Office hours: W 2:15–3:15
- Joshua Drew · jadrew@esf.edu · Illick 343 · Office hours: W 2:15–3:15
TAs:
- Kate Henderson · Kahender@syr.edu · Illick 453 ·
Office hours: Th 3:00–4:00
- Gabi Pereira · glpereir@syr.edu
Schedule:
- Lecture: MW 12:45–2:05 · Baker 145
- Recitation: Th 5:00–6:20 · Baker 309, 314
- Graduate Session: Th 3:00–4:00 · Illick 8
Course Materials
This course is co-taught by Drs. Drew and Gurarie. This page compiles the lectures, labs, problem sets and links to simulation tools for Dr. Gurarie’s portion of the course (roughly weeks 5-11). The page will be populated as the course progresses.
Lectures
Topic I. Exponential Growth
Readings: Gotelli Chapter 1 (on Blackboard)
Topic II. Limits to Growth
Topic III. Structured Populations
Topic IV. Metapopulations
Recitation/Labs
Many of our labs will use the R programming language. If you use your own computer, be sure to download these two extremely useful (& extremely free) programs: R and Rstudio.
Problem Sets / Homework
- HW 3: Exponential Growth - Due Thursday, Feb 26
- HW 4: Density Dependent Growth - Due Monday, March 9
Interactive Analysis Tools
Archives
Archived materials for this class from Spring 2025 can be found here.