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                                   On-Line Lectures

                              [1]Department of Entomology
                             Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

                                   ©[2]Alexei Sharov

                                 Check the [3]review!

     * [4]Syllabus
     * [5]Lecture Handouts
     * [6]Labs
     * [7]Statistical tables
     * [8]Internet Resources on Population Ecology

    Lecture Handouts

    1.

        [9]Introduction: Population systems and their components.
                1.1. [10]What is population ecology?
                1.2. [11]Models as analytical tools
                1.3. [12]Population system
                1.4. [13]Petri nets (optional)
                1.5. [14]Questions and Assignments

    2.

        [15]Estimation of population density and size.
                2.1. [16]Censusing a Whole Population
                2.2. [17]Simple Random or Systematic Sampling
                2.3. [18]How Many Samples?
                2.4. [19]Elements of Geostatistics
                2.5. [20]Stratified Sampling
                2.6. [21]Capture-Recapture and Removal Methods
                2.7. [22]Indirect Measures of Population Density
                2.8. [23]Questions and Assignments

    3.

        [24]Spatial distribution of organisms.
                3.1. [25]Tree Types of Spatial Distribution
                3.2. [26]Random Distribution
                3.3. [27]Aggregated Spatial Distribution
                3.4. [28]Indexes of Aggregation
                3.5. [29]Density-Invariant Indexes of Aggregation
                3.6. [30]Geostatistical Analysis of Population Distribution
                3.7. [31]Fractal Dimension of Population Distribution
                3.8. [32]Questions and Assignments

    4.

        [33]Statistical analysis of population dynamics.
                4.1. [34]Correlation between population density and various factors
                4.2. [35]Correlation between factors
                4.3. [36]Example: Colored fox in Labrador (1839-1880)
                4.4. [37]Autocorrelation of factors and model validation
                4.5. [38]Stochastic models based on regression
                4.6. [39]Biological interpretation of stochastic models. Response
                surfaces

    5.

        [40]Reproducing populations: exponential and logistic growth.
                5.1 [41]Exponential model
                5.2. [42]Logistic model
                5.3. [43]Discrete-time analogs of the exponential and logistic
                models
                5.4. [44]Questions and assignments

    6.

        [45]Life-tables, k-values.
                6.1. [46]Age-dependent life-tables
                6.2. [47]Stage-dependent life-tables
                6.3. [48]Questions and assignments

    7.

        [49]Model of Leslie.
                7.1. [50]Model structure
                7.2. [51]Model behavior
                7.3. [52]Intrinsic rate of population increase
                7.4. [53]Stable age distribution
                7.5. [54]Modifications of the Leslie model

    8.

        [55]Development of poikilothermous organisms, degree-days.
                8.1 [56]Rate of development
                8.2 [57]Simple degree-day model
                8.3 [58]How to measure temperature?
                8.4 [59]Improved degree-day model
                8.5 [60]Other non-linear models of development
                8.6 [61]Physiological time
                8.7 [62]How to combine physiological time with the model of Leslie?
                8.8 [63]Questions and Assignments

    9.

        [64]Stability, oscillations and chaos in population dynamics.
                9.1. [65]Introduction
                9.2. [66]Attractors and Their Types
                9.3. [67]Equilibrium: Stable or Unstable?
                9.4. [68]Quantitative Measures of Stability
                9.5. [69]Limit Cycles and Chaos
                9.6. [70]Questions and Assignments

   10.

        [71]Predators, Parasites, and Pathogens.
                10.1. [72]Introduction
                10.2. [73]Lotka-Volterra Model
                10.3. [74]Functional and Numerical Response
                10.4. [75]Predator-Prey Model with Functional Response
                10.5. [76]Host-Parasitoid Models
                10.6. [77]Host-Pathogen Model (Anderson & May)
                10.7. [78]Questions and Assignments

   11.

        [79]Competition and Cooperation.
                11.1. [80]Intra-specific competition
                11.2. [81]Competition between species
                11.3. [82]Ecological niche
                11.4. [83]Cooperation

   12.

        [84]Dispersal and spatial dynamics.
                12.1. [85]Random Walk
                12.2. [86]Diffusion Models
                12.3. [87]Stratified Dispersal
                12.4. [88]Metapopulation Models

   13.

        [89]Population outbreaks.
                13.1. [90]Ecological mechanisms of outbreaks
                13.2. [91]A model of an outbreak
                13.3. [92]Catastrophe theory
                13.4. [93]Classification of outbreaks
                13.5. [94]Synchronization of outbreaks in space

    Labs

    1. [95]Orientation in software: Microsoft Excel.
    2. [96]How to write a scientific paper
    3. [97]Population sampling and spatial distribution.
    4. [98]Statistical analysis of population change.
    5. [99]Model of Leslie.
    6. [100]Development of poikilothermous organisms.
    7. [101]Model of Ricker: stability, oscillations, chaos.
    8. [102]Parasitism and biological control

    Statistical tables

    1. [103]t-statistics
    2. [104]Chi-square statistics
    3. [105]F-statistics, P=0.05
    4. [106]F-statistics, P=0.01
    5. [107]F-statistics, P=0.001
     ____________________________________________________________________________

   [108]Alexei Sharov

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