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Population Biology (Zool/Bot 652) course materials
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lecture |
homework |
discussion readings |
Apr |
13 |
predator-prey & parasitoid-host I:
pp. 218-231 of Barlow & Wratten
lecture notes on basic models
notes on stability analysis |
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predator-prey & parasitoid-host, continued
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Ch 13, #4
(explain the partial answer and complete the answers) |
none |
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p-p & p-h continued: refuges
Nicholson-Bailey simulations, with refuges (Excel spreadsheet) |
Ch 13, #2 |
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Murdoch et al. 2005
supplement
prior papers |
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27 |
metapopulations - single species
notes |
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metapopulations - competition & predation
notes |
assignment (pdf) |
Fleishman et al. 2002 |
May |
4, 6 |
review of the course, by students |
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Feb |
23 |
life history I: chapter 7
notes (pdf)
examples (Excel)
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ch. 7, ## 4*, 5, 9
*pop'n 1=A, 2=B |
Bezemer & Mills 2003
VanderWerf 1992
(skim) |
Mar |
2 |
life history II: chapter 8
notes (pdf) |
ch. 7, ## 6, 10 |
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ch. 8, ## 2, 3 |
Reznick & Endler 1982 |
9 |
population genetics I:
pp. 197-203
notes (pdf)
selection example spreadsheet |
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population genetics II: not in text
notes (pdf) |
pop gen HW I |
Grant 1999
Reznick et al. 1997 |
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pop gen II continued
drift example spreadsheet |
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density dependent selection: pp. 203-211
density-dependent selection spreadsheet |
pop gen HW II
due 30 March:
ch. 9, #3 |
Hauser et al. 2002 |
other readings:
lecture notes on models of infectious disease dynamics
Turchin, P. & I. Hanski. 1997. "An empirically based model for latitudinal gradient in vole population dynamics." American Naturalist 149(5): 842-874. [predator-prey cycles]
Turchin, P. & A. D. Taylor. 1992. "Complex dynamics in ecological time series." Ecology 73(1): 289-305. [related to chapters 5 & 6]
Reznick, D., M. J. Bryant, & F. Bashey. 2002. "r- and K-selection revisited: the role of population regulation in life-history evolution." Ecology 83(6): 1509-1520. [related to chapter 8 and the other Reznick readings]
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