EV309

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Population dynamics of wild, harvested, and endangered species

Course Subject Code

EV

Course Number

309

Course Long Title

Population dynamics of wild, harvested, and endangered species

Status

Active

Division

Natural Sciences

Unit(s)

1

Schedule Type

Block Seminar

Instruction Mode

Traditional

Grade Modes

Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit

Course Description

Why do some fisheries collapse? Will the African elephants go extinct? This course examines environmental questions in population ecology using differential and difference equation modeling in R. Course topics include population dynamics of single and multiple interacting species through time and space, the analysis of equilibria and stability, bifurcation, chaos, sensitivity, and parameterization. 1 unit.

Programs

EV309 is a completion requirement for:

Required Requisites

MA126 and EV209 or BE208.