BIOL 325 - Ecological Modeling and Conservation Strategies

Credits: 4

Laboratory course. Prerequisite: BIOL 111, 113, and a MATH course numbered 101 or greater. This course is an intensive introduction to foundational methods in ecological modeling and their application, with emphasis on the dynamics of exploited or threatened populations and developing strategies for effective conservation. Topics include managing harvested populations, population viability analysis, individual based models, and simulation modeling for systems analyses.