Biol 862 (Section 01)
Thursday 2:10 - 4:00 pm
Hensill Hall 439
Instructor - Ed Connor
Student presentations and discussion of questions pertaining to temporal or spatial variation in the abundance of plants and animals. Students may tackle aspects of the literature on specific processes and how they effect the dynamics of particular organisms, on methodological issues in studying population dynamics, on population viability analysis, on optimal harvesting strategies, or other aspects of population management.
Course requirements include making one 45 minute presentation, leading a discussion on the topic of the presentation, preparing and distributing an annotated bibliography, and attending and participating in the class discussions and presenations.
Students will be given positive constructive
criticism on the content and format of their presentations and receive training on how to
organize a presentation and prepare visual aids.
Schedule of Presentations
February 11
History of Population Dynamics
E.F. Connor
February 25
Population Dynamics of
the Leaf-mining Moth,
Cameraria hamadryadella
E.F. Connor
March 18
Movement Behavior and Spatial Population Dynamics
Alison Sanders
25 March
Population Dynamics of Coral Reef Inhabitating Animals
Shireen Fahey
April 8
Tri-trophic Population Regulation
Candace Low
April 15
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Animal Population Dynamics
Aaron French
22 April
Population Dynamics of Freshwater Turtles
Pierre Fidenci
April 29
Connie Ganong
May 6
Grant Proposal Critique