Population Ecology (Bio 21/51/120) - Analytical Exercises
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1. Estimating demographic consequences of environmental effects on growth, survival, and fecundity. Exercise 1. 2. Scientific sampling of biological populations. Handout. Worksheet Ecobeaker situation file (Windows only) 3. Developing and interpreting life tables. Squirrel worksheet #1 with sample life table. Excel template #1. 4. Developing and interpreting life tables, continued. Squirrel worksheet #2. Excel template #2. 5. Developing and interpreting age- and stage-based matrix population models. Rubus worksheet. Excel template. Matlab script. 6. Developing a matrix model de novo. Sensitivity analysese: evaluating demographic consequences of ecological scenarios relevant to a population of your choice. Worksheet. 7. Comparing the characteristics of populations
dominated by simple endogenous dynamics (e.g., linear density-dependence),
more complex endogenous dynamics (e.g., damped oscillations, cycles,
and chaos produced by nonlinearities and delays in density-dependence),
and stochastic exogenous forces (e.g., climatic variation).
Worksheet. 8. Compare the form and dynamic consequences of density-dependent processes
in populations of your choice. Worksheet. 9. Developing a research proposal to guide the conservation of an endangered population. Request for proposal (RFP). 10. Student initiated modeling project. |