אקולוגיה של חברות (0431.3086) Community Ecology

Syllabus: This course will concentrate on understanding the processes structuring ecological communities. Each class will be dedicated to understanding theoretical consideration and applying these to practical problems. From a theoretical perspective, emphasis will be placed on species coexistence, community change and the influence of space and scale on patterns and processes. Students will apply this knowledge to applied, real-world problems in ecology and conservation. There are three main goals of this course: 1. Learn the fundamental patterns in community ecology and the underlying structuring forces . 2. Gain experience with applying models to describe community structure. Topics to be covered include: competition, predator-prey dynamics, food webs, succession, niche-based versus neutral community assembly, species abundance distributions, species area relationships, zero sum dynamics, metacommunities. Student requirements: Student must take a basic Ecology course to participate. Students are expected to participate in all class. A weekly quiz will test home reading. Grades will be based on: • Weekly quizzes • Data analyses project • Final exam Course name: Community Ecology Teacher: Jonathan (Yoni) Belmaker Course size: two weekly hours of lectures + one hour of computer exercise (3 hours total) Syllabus: This course will concentrate on understanding the processes structuring ecological communities. Each class will be dedicated to understanding theoretical consideration and applying these to practical problems. From a theoretical perspective, emphasis will be placed on species coexistence, community change and the influence of space and scale on patterns and processes. Students will apply this knowledge to applied, real-world problems in ecology and conservation. There are three main goals of this course: 1. Learn the fundamental patterns in community ecology and the underlying structuring forces . 2. Gain experience with applying models to describe community structure. Topics to be covered include: competition, predator-prey dynamics, food webs, succession, niche-based versus neutral community assembly, species abundance distributions, species area relationships, zero sum dynamics, metacommunities. Student requirements: Student must take a basic Ecology course to participate. Students are expected to participate in all class. A weekly quiz will test home reading. Grades will be based on: • Weekly quizzes • Data analyses project • Final exam

מס תלמידים: 20

דרישות קדם: Student must take a basic Ecology course to participate.

נוכחות חובה

הרכב ציון: Grades will be based on: • Weekly quizzes • Data analyses project • Final exam Students are expected to participate in all class. A weekly quiz will test home reading.

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