BIOL 5312 - Population and Community Ecology

Three credit hours.

Graduate standing required if student enrolled in BIOL 5312. Basic principles of population ecology will be discussed, including niche concept, demography, population growth and regulation, life history patterns, sociality, competition, predation, mutualisms, and control of community structure. Dual listed in the Undergraduate Catalog as BIOL 4312. Students cannot receive graduate credit for BIOL 5312 if they have previously taken BIOL 4312. Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisites: BIOL 3303 and at least junior standing.