OEB 55. Ecology: Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2019

Paul R. Moorcroft 

This course examines the relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population, and community level. The course covers topics in both pure and applied ecology including: adaptations to the physical environment, population dynamics, competition, predator-prey interactions, community ecology, ecosystem structure, stability, and function, the ecology of infectious diseases, and natural resource management.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 1a or 1b.