†Readings and assignments are from the text Population ecology: from first principles, 2nd ed., 2013, by Vandermeer and Goldberg, unless otherwise specified
| Week | M Date | Meeting | Topic | Reading | Slides | PSets | Remodeling | Misc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Sep 04 | Lab | ||||||
| Disc | Introduction to Ecological Modeling and modeling | |||||||
| 02 | Sep 11 | Lab | Introduction to the R language and RStudio server GUI | IntroToR | ||||
| Disc | Simple population growth: single species, implicit resources | Berryman, ch. 1, 2, and 3 | Simple population models | PSet01, key | Quiz01, Rates of change notes | |||
| 03 | Sep 18 | Lab | Remodeling project introduction, numerical solvers | LitSearch | ||||
| Disc | Simple population growth: single species, explicit resources | Stevens 5, 5.1, 5.2.1, 5.2.3., 5.3.1, 5.3.3. , Logistic growth notes | Simple population models | PSet02, key | Quiz02, Logistic eqn. notes | |||
| 04 | Sep 25 | Lab | Equilibrium, stability, and loops | PaperPres | ||||
| Disc | Dynamics | Vandermeer and Goldberg pp. 81–94 (stop at 2D) | Dynamics | PSet03, key | Quiz03 | |||
| 05 | Oct 02 | Lab | 2D stability and bifurcations | MethPres | ||||
| Disc | Predator-prey, pt. 1 | Vandermeer and Goldberg pp. 152–166 | Pred-prey & 2-species | PSet04, key | Quiz04 | |||
| 06 | Oct 09 | Lab | No lab (fall break) | |||||
| Disc | Predator-prey, pt. 2 | |||||||
| 07 | Oct 16 | Lab | Type II functional response notes | |||||
| Disc | Predator-prey, pt. 3; mutualism | Vandermeer and Goldberg pp. 166–176 (T), Ch. 9 (R) | PSet05, key | Rosenzweig-MacArthur notes, Quiz05 | ||||
| 08 | Oct 23 | Lab | Rosenzweig-MacArthur nullclines, simulation in R w/prof. Aaron | Simulation pseudocode, pg. 4, LV simulations, pgs. 6–9 | Lab code | |||
| Disc | Mutualism, continued | Ch. 9 | PSet06, key | Quiz06 | ||||
| 09 | Oct 30 | Lab | Rosenzweig-MacArthur bifurcation plots | Lab code | ||||
| Disc | Mutualism, competition | Vandermeer and Goldberg pp. 203–209 | PSet07, key | Quiz07 | ||||
| 10 | Nov 06 | Lab | Remodeling minimal model presentation | MinModPres | ||||
| Disc | Competition | Ch. 8, UGA competition notes | PSet08, key | Quiz08 | ||||
| 11 | Nov 13 | Lab | Fitting models to data | Lab activity, Lab code | ||||
| Disc | Disease | Ch. 7 | Disease | PSet09, key | Quiz09 | |||
| 12 | Nov 20 | Lab | Remodeling project open lab | |||||
| Disc | Structured population models | |||||||
| 13 | Nov 27 | Lab | Remodeling project open lab | |||||
| Disc | Structured population models + philosophy | Ch. 2, pp. 30–45; G1: link, G2: link, G3: link | Quiz10 | |||||
| 14 | Dec 04 | Lab | Remodeling project open lab | |||||
| Disc | Remodeling results presentations | ResultsPres | ||||||
| Exam | Dec 16 | Final exam block (6 PM) | FinalPaper |