Use simple models to describe unlimited (exponential) and limited (logistic) population growth [BIOL 1011] [BIOL 1030]
Apply ecological concepts to birds. [BIOL 3622] Assess practices of controlling resource production, pests, and predators [BIOL 3063] Compare relative usefulness of qualitative versus quantitative approaches and models in ecosystem-level ecology (ELE) [BIOL 3061] Demonstrate a basic knowledge of human population issues. [BIOL 3060] Describe differences between plant and animal populations including modular growth. [BIOL 3066] Describe methods of estimating population abundance, as well as the underlying data needed. Estimate population abundance using a simple formula. [BIOL 3080] 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 [BIOL 3042] Describe the concept of effective population size (Ne), its importance in population and conservation biology, and the different ways in which it is estimated [BIOL 3042] Describe the links between density dependence, population regulation and equilibrium [BIOL 3069] Discuss the genetics of invasive species [BIOL 3042] Explain how niche partitioning can allow competitors to coexist [BIOL 3069] Explain how time lags influence population dynamics [BIOL 3069] Explain the effects of resource limitation and functional responses on model and empirical predator-prey dynamics [BIOL 3069] Generate a formal population or stock assessment using different population growth models and assessment methods [BIOL 3063] Outline how to monitor and assess the distribution and abundance of resource populations [BIOL 3063] Summarize key features of model-based clustering approaches to estimating population structure and gene flow [BIOL 3042] Understand the key concepts behind population viability analysis [BIOL 3065] Understand the use of both deterministic and stochastic models in conservation biology, and the appropriate and inappropriate use of models [BIOL 3065]
BIOL 2060
