NRES 470/670
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Schedule
Lectures
Introduction to NRES 470
A whole-systems approach to population ecology
Introduction to population ecology
Thomas Malthus (Limits to growth)
Population Regulation (Logistic growth)
Positive density dependence (Allee effect)
Age-structured populations
Matrix population models
Stochastic population models
Small population paradigm
Declining population paradigm
Metapopulations
Parameter estimation
Species interactions: competition
Species interactions: prey-predator
Wrap-up
NRES421: PVA basics
NRES421: grizzly PVA
NRES421: loggerhead PVA
Labs
Lab 1: exponential growth
Lab 2: logistic growth
Lab 3: age-structured population growth
Lab 4: matrix population models
Lab 5: stochasticity and uncertainty
Lab 6: metapopulations
Lab 7: capture-mark-recapture
Final Projects!
Overview of PVA
PVA example: pdogs and ferrets
Extra Credit!
Individual-based models
Links
Links
NRES 470/670
Spring 2024
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Software
InsightMaker- free web-based systems modeling tool
R- free statistical programming language
Learning R
UNR R ‘bootcamp’
Swirl: interactive system for learning R in R