Course Description

Using lectures and labs, this course explores the dynamic and changing field of population ecology, focusing primarily on demographic traits of populations and patterns of population growth and change. Topics to be investigated include temporal and spatial dynamics of populations; constraints on the distributions of populations; patterns of population growth and regulation; density dependence and density independence; vital statistics and life history biology; age and sex structure of populations; meta-populations and dispersal; and the genetic attributes of populations. Labs provide experiential exposure to several of the topics developed in lectures. Two lecture hours and three lab hours per week.

Pre-requisites: SC/BIOL 2050 4.00 and SC/BIOL 2060 3.00

Course Credit Exclusion: SC/BIOL 3170 3.00.