NATR570 Population Ecology in Resource Management

Understanding of the dynamics of single species populations is an essential part of biotic resource management. This course will use a “hands on” approach combining real world examples from fisheries, wildlife and forest populations and data together with explorations of model populations using R to provide insights about basic population processes and quantitative approaches. Topics will include population growth models, population growth rates, survivorship analysis, life tables, age- and stage-specific population projections, complex population dynamics, alternate population models, population viability analysis, metapopulation dynamics, and simple models of interspecific interactions. Applied examples from varying natural resource models will be used, as defined by students interests. This course is offered in alternate years. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Graduate Standing. WILD440 or equivalent course

Corequisite

none

Offered

W