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
Interactive Analysis Tools
Archives
Archived materials for this class from Spring 2023 can be found here.