BIOL 117: Population and Community Ecology

Prerequisites: BIOL 005A, BIOL 05LA, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, BIOL 116, CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC, CHEM 112C, MATH 009B or MATH 09HB, PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC, BCH 100 or BCH 110A, one course in statis- tics

Description: Introduces models of population growth, inter- specific interaction, and biotic communities and their implications for applied fields such as pest control, epidemiology, and conservation of biodiversity. Topics include population growth and regulation, life history evolution, metapopulation dynamics, extinction, com- petition, predation, and the role of ecological interac- tions in adaptation and evolutionary change.