Description
This project-based course is a study of advanced ecological principles and concepts, including patterns, causes and consequences of biodiversity, population growth and regulation, intra- and interspecific competition, and metapopulations. These concepts and principles will be explored through group discussion and lab and field projects, which will include a campus Bioblitz, modeling population growth and regulation using matrix modeling, modeling the effects of climate change on plant phenology and species distribution, and modeling metapopulation dynamics. Prerequisite: C- or better in BIO 239.