ENV 526F Modeling Structured Populations

Prerequisite: ENV 502 or permission of the instructor. Introduces the modeling of populations. Deterministic and stochastic models will be used to assess variability in demographic parameters. Several aspects of population structure will be considered, including age, stage, genetic and spatial structure. Topics include population dynamics, regulation and harvesting; metapopulation structure; conservation genetics; risk assessment; and population viability analysis

Credits

1.0

Offered

As needed