Week 4
Overview
In lecture this week, we will learn how to incorporate biological reality in the form of positive and negative density dependence.
At-home activities
Note: This channel includes a lot of other great videos about ecological modeling. Check it out!.
Note: These are extremely enriching, but optional
- A Primer of Ecology, chapter on Density Dependence
- Allee Effects: Models and examples
In-class activities
Submissions
Your second self-reflection of the semester is also due on Moodle. Here are some questions I invite you to consider as you complete this reflection (but as always, feel free to reflect on whatever you find most pressing).
Related to ecology:
What are some things we learned in the first three weeks of this course that surprised you?
As we transition from focusing on Population Ecology concepts, to Community Ecology (how different species interact with one another), do you have any lingering questions about population ecology? This can be about general concepts, or about specific points like model equations.
Related to broader coursework:
Some of you had exams in one or more classes in the past week to ten days days. Reflect back on how you studied for these, how they went, and whether you think you need to study differently for future exams.
At the end of this week, we will be one month into the semester. Is the semester going as you expected it to go? What is one thing that is going better than you expected, and what is one thing that isn’t going as well as you expected?
What are some things happening outside of your University experience that you think are affecting your semester? Is there anything happening outside of the University that you wish we would spend some time discussing in this class (or other classes)?