BISC 407 (Spring 2015)
Population Dynamics
Contact Information
| Name | Phone | Office Hours | |
| Xu | cailinx@sfu.ca | M,
W: 10:00-11:00am Please email to make an appointment |
|
| Greenberg | dgreenbe@sfu.ca |
Fridays:
9:30-10:30am B8253 |
Lecture Schedule and Syllabus
Lectures: M, W, FLocation: AQ 5018
Time: 8:30 - 9:20am
Course Syllabus
Important Information
| First Class | Wednesday, January 7 |
| First
Lab/Tutorial |
Monday, January 12 |
| Midterm
Exam |
Feb
23, in class; midterm
info |
| Final Exam |
April 17 (Fri); Time: 12:00pm-3:00pm; Location: AQ 5018; Final info |
| Submit lab/tutorial
reports to |
dgreenbe@sfu.ca and cailinx@sfu.ca |
| Policy on late work
(lab/tutorial reports) |
Work received late stresses whoever do the marking. The penalty for late work will be 5% off per day late |
| 24 Hour Rule |
We will answer your
questions up until 24 hours prior to exams |
Lecture Slides and Readings
| TOPIC | READINGS | SLIDES | R
CODES |
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| Intro. lecture | Slides | |
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| Single species population growth: | ||||
| Population
growth: exponential |
Stevens
(2009): chapter 1 Gotelli (2008): chapter 1 |
Slides | R.codes1
R.codes2 |
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| Population growth: logistic | Stevens (2009): chapter 3 Gotelli (2008): chapter 2 |
Slides Slides |
R.codes |
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| Age-structured
population growth: life table analysis |
Gotelli (2008): chapter 3 Rockwood (2006): chapter 4.1-4.8 |
Slides | |
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| Age-structured
population growth: projection matrix model
|
Stevens (2009): chapter 2 Gotelli (2008): chapter 3 |
Slides | ||
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| Spatially
structured populations: |
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| Population dispersion | Krebs (1999): chapter 6.1.1 |
Slides | ||
| Ideal
free distribution |
List of papers | Slides |
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| Source-sink
dynamics |
Stevens (2009): chapter 4.1 |
Slides | |
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| Meta-population
models |
Stevens (2009): chapter 4.2-4.3 Gotelli (2008): chapter 4 |
Slides | |
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| Species interactions: | |
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| Interspecific
competition models |
Stevens (2009): chapter 5 Gotelli (2008): chapter 5 |
Slides | ||
| Predator-prey
models |
Stevens (2009): chapter 6.1 Gotelli (2008): chapter 6 |
Slides | ||
| Host-parasitoid models | Stevens (2009): chapter 6.2 |
Slides | ||
| Population estimation: |
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| Simple
random sampling |
Thompson (2012): chapter 2.1-2.3, 4.1-4.2 |
Slides | ||
| Stratified
sampling |
Thompson (2012): chapter 11.1-11.5 |
Slides | ||
| Distance
sampling-line transect |
Thompson (2012): chapter 17.1-17.4 |
Slides | ||
| Distance
sampling-point transect |
Thompson (2012): chapter 17.15 |
Slides | ||
| Mark-recapture
methods |
Krebs (1999): chapter 2 |
Slides | ||
| Population regulation | Rockwood (2006): chapter 3 |
Slides | ||
| Analysis of population dynamics | Turchin (2003): part II |
Slides |
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| Case studies | ||||
Lab/Tutorial Information
Lab/Tutorials: R (computer required)Locations: TASC2-7 and AQ5005
Times: 2:30-3:20 and 3:30-4:20
| Week | Date | Lab/tutorial | Topic: | Readings: | Additional Info: |
| Week 2 | Lab1 | Intro to R | R and Rstudio download: www.rstudio.com Lab1 participants.xlsx shorebirds.csv exp.R |
with R and Rstudio pre-installed and configured (see Lab1 notes) |
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| Week 3 | Lab2 | Exponential & logistic growth | Lab2 theta.logistic.R | Due on Jan. 26 |
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| Week 4 | Lab3 | Life table | Lab3
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Due on
Feb. 2 |
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| Week 5 | Lab4 | Matrix Models | Lab4 | Due on Feb. 9 |
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| Week 7 | Lab5 | Spatially structured populations | Lab5 src.sink.R Levins.R Lande.R | Due on
Feb. 23 |
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| Week 9 | Lab6 | Species interaction | Lab6 LV.dyna.R NB.R May.R | Due on
Mar. 16 |
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| Week 11-12 | Lab7 | Sampling & population estimation | Lab7
bootstrap.R
Lab7.xlsx |
Due on Mar. 30 |
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| Week 13 | Lab8 | Analysis of time series data | Lab8
redgrouse.csv
R.codes1 R.codes2 R.codes3 |
Due on
Apr. 13 |
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| Week 14 |