Course Description

Biology 283a Population Ecology

(Given by the Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology.) The evolution of organisms, patterns of reproduction and survival, and the age-sex structure of populations. Patterns of population growth, limits to growth, and the regulation of numbers. Interactions among populations, including competition, predation, and parasitism. Plant-animal interactions. The application of these concepts to the management of natural systems is considered.

Prerequisite: A minimum grade of 60% in Biology 022 or 023.

2 lecture hours, 1 lecture/tutorial hour, half course.

Mandatory course in second or third year of BSc Biology program.

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