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Compare currently available biologging methods and explain their applications, advantages, and limitations.
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BIOL 4323
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Demonstrate a general understanding of how DNA (and RNA) based methods contribute to many areas of ecology, including the identification of species for wildlife management and forensic purposes, conservation biology, behavioural ecology, the study of dispersal on historical and contemporary timescales, management of captive breeding to rescue and support wild populations
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BIOL 3042
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Describe the basic features of competition and predator-prey interactions
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BIOL 1030
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Describe the evolution of biologging science through time.
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BIOL 4323
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Describe the microbial food web (in the ocean): dominance and role of Bacteria; bacterivory and microbial predation; mixotrophy; viruses
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BIOL 2004
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Develop a familiarity with the practice of, and challenges with, restoration ecology
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BIOL 3065
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Differentiate between the principle plant communities in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 2601
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Explain relationships between pattern and process at the landscape level.
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BIOL 3066
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Explain why community or food web structure is likely to change if a top predator is removed
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BIOL 1011
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Explain why small population size is of concern to conservation biologists
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BIOL 1011
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Identify fundamental concepts in Marine Biology and Ecology
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BIOL 2605
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Identify key ecological and coastal issues in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Interpret different spatial patterns of plants.
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BIOL 3066
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Outline the main components of the Flora of Nova Scotia
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BIOL 2601
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Predict ecological outcomes of hybridization
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BIOL 3044
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Provide examples of how biological interactions (competition, predation, mutualism) structure communities
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BIOL 1011
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Recall the general biology of marine mammal taxa
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BIOL 3090
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Recognize the different species that are most typical of each of the different intertidal habitats
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BIOL 3664
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Run a mile.
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BIOL 3664
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Understand concepts of fragmentation and edge influence.
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BIOL 3066
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Understand fungal ecological roles, relationships with humans and uses by humans
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BIOL 1011
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Understand the ethical considerations that should be incorporated into the design of any biologging study.
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BIOL 4323
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Understand the hierarchical levels of biological diversity and a range of metrics used to quantify it
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BIOL 3065
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Understand the importance of scale and microhabitat in plant ecology
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BIOL 3066
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Appreciate the variety of coastal ecosystems within Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Calculate different types of plant diversity.
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BIOL 3066
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Compare different views and theories of plant communities and mechanisms of succession.
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BIOL 3066
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Contrast the pros and cons of an ecological economics, environmental economics, and neoclassical economics
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BIOL 4065
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Demonstrate critical and independent thinking skills to understand coastal policies and action plans in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Describe conservation issues facing taxonomic and functional groups of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Describe major kinds of disturbances.
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BIOL 3060
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Describe plant growth forms and other vegetation characteristics for different terrestrial biomes.
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BIOL 3066
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Describe the differences and similarities between marine and terrestrial mammals and their relative ecological importance
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BIOL 3090
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Describe the Fungal diversity: nature of hyphae; basic differences between zygomycotes, ascomycotes, and basidiomycotes; Mycorrhizae
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the impact of algae in aquatic and terrestrial environments
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BIOL 3221
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Describe the importance of metapopulations, economic trade-offs, individual species traits, and ecological interactions for protected area design
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BIOL 3065
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Design sampling programs and experiments to test ecological hypotheses
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BIOL 4061
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Explain how humans are altering the global nitrogen (biogeochemical) cycle
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BIOL 1011
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Explain how the ecosystem approach is relevant to watershed dynamics
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BIOL 3061
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Explain the importance of plants to humans and other organisms (oxygen production, crops, primary producers)
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BIOL 2004
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Identify factors that affect primary production.
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BIOL 3066
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Interpret animal social behaviour in the light of natural selection (costs and benefits)
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BIOL 1011
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Outline and explain the biotic and abiotic process that cause zonation in intertidal habitats
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BIOL 3664
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Provide an example of a life history trade-off
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BIOL 1011
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Review some basic ecology of Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3633
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Understand ecological integrity and its indicators.
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BIOL 3060
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Understand how social systems have evolved, the types of social systems in marine mammals and the evolution of mating strategies as an example of a social system Describe the influence of social structure on vocal categories
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BIOL 3090
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Understand large scale biogeographic and macroecological patterns
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BIOL 3065
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Understand optimal foraging theory, the pros and cons of dietary techniques for estimating diet and the importance of the development of new technologies
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BIOL 3090
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Understand sustainability and ecological sustainability.
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BIOL 3060
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Understand the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plants and animals in coastal ecosystems (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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Understand the origins, taxonomic diversity, structure and ecological importance of the marine mammal orders and families
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the processes of ecological succession in coastal ecosystems
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BIOL 3623
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Understand the similarities and differences of the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plant and animal species of pristine versus human-impacted coastal zones (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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Understand what makes the same type of ecosystem (i.e. a salt marsh or a rocky shore) different in different areas of Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Use mathematical analysis to evaluate the effects of interspecific competition and to determine population size and growth patterns.
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BIOL 1011
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Use simple models to describe unlimited (exponential) and limited (logistic) population growth
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multiple courses
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Compare life history strategies of annual, biennial and perennial plants.
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BIOL 3066
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Conduct regression analysis and t-tests on ecological data
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BIOL 2060
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Demonstrate a deeper knowledge of a chosen species through an interdisciplinary formal essay (examines biology, ecology, economics, culture, and aesthetics).
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BIOL 3601
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Describe the different types of pollinators, seed dispersal methods, inflorences, and flowers.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the importance and diversity of vascular plants and success of terrestrial plant life
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the mechanisms through which plants interact amongst themselves.
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BIOL 3066
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Explain how the field of phylogeography examines questions of historical structure and dispersal of populations, and describe the underlying DNA-based methods involved
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BIOL 3042
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Generalize and appreciate animal diversity on a global scale.
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BIOL 2003
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Hypothesize casual relationships among community diversity, ecological stability and complexity
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BIOL 3061
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Identify effects of and defense strategies for seed predation, grazing and parasitism.
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BIOL 3066
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Identify environmental factors and biological interactions that influence resource abundance
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BIOL 3063
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Interpret reaction norms
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BIOL 3044
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Provide examples of plant adaptations to different conditions, including shade, drought, wind, and cold.
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BIOL 3066
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Relate changes in animal systems to transition onto land
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BIOL 2003
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Understand the importance of below-ground processes for plants including obtaining nutrients, mycorrhizae and decomposition.
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BIOL 3066
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Utilize PRIMER-E statistical software to analyze patterns of species abundance from a rocky shore
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BIOL 3664
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Analyze and assess research papers in behavioural ecology in discussion with peers (tutorial)
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BIOL 3062
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Analyze and display a variety of ecological biologging data using multiple statistical techniques and data processing tools.
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BIOL 4323
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Apply behavioural ecology to problems in animal conservation
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BIOL 3062
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Apply ecological concepts to birds.
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BIOL 3622
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Assess the community structure controversy using real-world examples from the ecological literature
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BIOL 3061
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Calculate the fitness associated with different life histories, as represented by different ages at maturity, reproductive costs, and levels of fishing.
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BIOL 4080
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Compare the political versus the apolitical approaches to environment
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BIOL 4160
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Complete a plant ecology study: develop objectives, plan the sampling design, collect data, communicate the results and write a report.
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BIOL 3066
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Conclude holistic, whole system approaches are useful for ecosystem-level ecology (ELE) and environmental problems
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BIOL 3061
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Conduct correlation analysis, t-tests and regression on ecological data
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BIOL 3069
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Demonstrate awareness that science, law and politics play an important role in the conservation and management of marine mammals, threats they face and mitigation options
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BIOL 3090
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Describe differences between plant and animal populations including modular growth.
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BIOL 3066
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Describe DNA microsatellites, the models of how they mutate, and their uses in population genetics, pedigree analyses, behavioural ecology and forensic analyses
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BIOL 3042
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Describe insects' relationships with plants and other animals.
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BIOL 3327
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Describe methods of estimating population abundance, as well as the underlying data needed. Estimate population abundance using a simple formula.
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BIOL 3080
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Describe the basic elements of how the field of ‘metagenomics’ examines the genetic diversity of microbial communities and how the new methods of DNA sequencing are revolutionizing this field
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BIOL 3042
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Describe the concept of effective population size (Ne), its importance in population and conservation biology, and the different ways in which it is estimated
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BIOL 3042
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Describe the links between density dependence, population regulation and equilibrium
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BIOL 3069
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Develop and use different methods and analyses for sampling plant communities.
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BIOL 3066
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Develop new knowledge of the physiology, ecology, behaviour of invertebrates in much more detail than was learned in BIOL 2003
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BIOL 3301
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Discuss the ecological and evolutionary consequences of fisheries exploitation.
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BIOL 3080
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Discuss the genetics of invasive species
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BIOL 3042
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Evaluate current literature on the applications of biologging methods to a variety of species and ecological topics.
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BIOL 4323
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Explain and apply the basic steps in optimality models (including game theory models)
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BIOL 3062
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Explain and contrast the main approaches to applying behavioural ecology to humans
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BIOL 3062
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Explain how dispersal and spatial structure (metapopulations, source-sink dynamics) can allow competitors to coexist
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BIOL 3069
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Explain insects' ecology, distribution, and behaviour.
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BIOL 3327
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Generate hypotheses and design an observational experiment that tests simple hypotheses in behavioural ecology (tutorial)
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BIOL 3062
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Identify and apply diet choice and patch models of foraging and their basic modifications
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BIOL 3062
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Identify and understand basic anti-predator strategies and characteristics of predator-prey evolutionary arms races
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BIOL 3062
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Identify life cycles and behavior of invertebrate animals and the adaptations of invertebrates to particular environments
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BIOL 3301
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Identify roles of invertebrates in ecosystems and relationships that human have with invertebrates
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BIOL 3301
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Identify the major environmental and biological changes that lead to the evolution of metazoans focusing on the Ediacaran and the Cambrian periods
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BIOL 3301
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Illustrate how resilience theory is useful in environmental management
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BIOL 3061
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Integrate knowledge of principles and methods into the design of a research proposal that effectively addresses a realistic and unique problem in ecology.
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BIOL 4323
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Know mechanisms for functional divergence at the molecular level that span a wide range of biological complexity. Understand how specific models of adaptive evolution explain real examples of functional divergence.
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BIOL 3046
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Outline the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle.
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BIOL 3066
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Predict mating systems in mammals and birds based on their ecology
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BIOL 3062
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Read and interpret scientific papers presenting studies or theory in plant ecology.
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BIOL 3066
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Summarize key features of model-based clustering approaches to estimating population structure and gene flow
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BIOL 3042
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Synthesize a current research area in behavioural ecology and write a review paper on the topic
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BIOL 3062
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Understand how marine mammal abundance is measured and the significance of life history parameters in population dynamics and have a basic understanding of the factors which contribute to the formation of new colonies
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BIOL 3090
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Understand how molecular evolutionary processes give rise to patterns of genetic diversity that we observe in the natural world, and how to use those patterns to make inferences about different processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the importance of molecular evolution in the post-genomic era, and be able to explain this to non-specialists.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the meaning of life history and the life history characteristics of cetaceans and pinniped and the factors that shape their evolution
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the use of both deterministic and stochastic models in conservation biology, and the appropriate and inappropriate use of models
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BIOL 3065
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Use ecological theory to interpret empirical case studies of population dynamics
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BIOL 3069
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Diagram causality between the local and global levels in Political Ecology case studies using a chain of explanation model
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BIOL 4160
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Evaluate the future potential of Political Ecology in a world of dwindling resources, environmental deterioration, and increasing existential risk
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BIOL 4160
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