Introduction to Theoretical Ecology
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Syllabus
Week 2 - Exponential population growth
Week 3 - Logistic population growth and stability analysis
Week 4 - Discrete exponential and logistic models
Week 5 - Age-structure population model
Week 6 - Metapopulations and patch occupancy models
Week 7 - Lotka-Volterra competition model - Population dynamics
Week 8 - Midterm
Week 9 - Lotka-Volterra competition model - Visualization of dynamics with complex eigenvalues
Week 10 - Lotka-Volterra model of predator-prey interactions and time-scale separation
Week 11 - No class due to NTU anniversary
Week 12 - Rosenzweig-MacArthur predator-prey model and May’s complexity-stability relationship
Week 13 - Parameter space for apparent competition model
Week 14 - Resource competition
Week 15 - Research applications: modern coexistence theory and plant-soil feedback
Week 16 - Final exam
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Introduction to Theoretical Ecology
Week 8 - Midterm