Students in this course will review fundamental concepts in animal population ecology, develop expertise in estimating population size and vital rates, and examine single-species, multi-species, age-structured, and spatial models of population dynamics, as well as life history strategies.

The overall aim of this course is to make direct links between principles of ecological theory and applied aspects of natural resource management; the specific aims are to: understand how knowledge of ecological concepts and theories can assist natural resource managers; develop an understanding of current environmental issues from both an ecological and an economic perspective as well as proposed solutions to environmental problems; appreciate the complexity, functions and value of ecosystems; become familiar with manipulating data; explore basic modeling methods to help understand and addres

This course will provide a framework for understanding how plants and animals affect the water cycle; the water cycle in all of its aspects will be examined and explored with the idea of understanding how changes in land cover may influence the water cycle; implications for both upland and riparian systems will be examined.

Distributions and climatic controls on grassland and shrubland plant communities.