BOTN 614 Population ecology

Population ecology of the single species. Growth of single population.  Application of Leslie Matrices to change in population composition. Tree demography; leaf demography. Interaction of two species.  k- species interaction.  Spatial patterns  in 1-species population: aggregation. Diffusion, patterns of ecological maps.  Spatial patterns of two or more species. Association between pairs of species.  Segregation between 2 species; segregation among many species (n-phase mosaics);  patterns in zoned communities. Many species populations: species abundance; species diversity, stability and resilience; ecological diversity; classification of communities;  ordination of continuously varying communities;  canonical variate analysis and multiple discriminant analysis. Population and habitat vibrant analysis (Lacy:  see Species 25:1) Problems of mathematical bioeconomics: optimal management of renewable resources (Clark).