The study of the rise and fall of populations, inter- and intraspecific interactions - with a strong flavor of conservation biology and management.
Course Materials
This course is co-taught by Drs. Elie Gurarie and Joshua Drew. 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 - starting February 12). The page will be populated as the course progresses, but a link to previous year’s archives is below.
Lectures
Topic I. Exponential Growth
- 1: Basic Models
- 2: Linear Models for Exponential Growth
- 3: Stochasticity
- 3A:
Demographic Stochasticity in Introduced NZ Birds
- See original paper (Legendre et al. 1999) here
Topic II. Limits to Growth
Topic III. Structured Populations
Topic IV. Metapopulations
Topic V. Multi-Species Interactions
Recitation/Labs
Problem Sets / Homework
- Problem Set 3: On
Otters and Elephants
- due Monday, February 26, 2024.
- This homework requires downloading this data file: BC_SeaOtters.csv and experimenting with the Stochastic Population Simulator.
- Problem
Set 4: Fitting the Human Wolf Simulation
- due Friday, March 8, 2024.
- This homework requires downloading this data file: WolfCounts2024.csv.
- Problem
Set 5: Rescuing the Tasmanian Devil
- due Thursday, March 21, 2024.
- Problem
Set 6: Sorting our Competition
- due Monday, April 8, 2024.
- Problem
Set 7: Multi-PreyMayhem
- due Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Interactive Analysis Tools
Archives
Archived materials for this class from Spring 2023 can be found here.