Recent Special Topics Courses

Spring 2007

EECB 751: TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
 Instructor: S. H. Jenkins
The theme will be Methods in Behavioral Ecology: How to Avoid Pitfalls and Achieve Rigor. This will provide a central focus for the seminar while allowing us to discuss a wide range of examples of interest to participants; e.g., communication, foraging behavior, habitat selection, territoriality, anti-predator behavior, mate choice and mating systems, parental care, social behavior.
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Fall 2007

EECB 751: Ecological Modeling
 Instructors: C.R. Tracy & A. Goyal
An introduction to ecological modeling using MATLAB
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EECB 751: Evolutionary Ecology
 Instructor: M. Peacock
A review of evolutinoary ecology focusing on topics of variation and mecahanisms of selection. Focal examples will include case studies from Life-history theory and behavioral ecology
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