BIOL 417 - Population and Community Ecology

Fall (4) Dalgleish. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 302 (formerly BIOL 206), BIOL 304 (formerly BIOL 205); one may be taken concurrently.

Discussion of the structure and dynamics of ecological populations and biotic communities. Emphasis will be on environmental constraints and species interactions that control population growth and determine both diversity and similarities in community structure and function. Three class hours, three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.