Læringsmål

This basic course in introductory ecology will introduce the student to many of the elementary concepts surrounding individual, population and community ecology. The knowledge obtained here will be essential for thorough understanding of the more applied and specialized fields of ecology including wildlife and fisheries management, conservation biology, and alpine ecology.

Innhold

The following topics will be covered:

• Microclimate adaptation of individual organisms
• Water relations
• Energy and nutrient relations
• Social relations
• Population ecology
• Population genetics and natural selection
• Population dynamics and growth
• Life histories
• Community ecology
• Predation, herbivory, parasitism and disease
• Mutualism

Organisering

36 hours of lectures in English

Vurderingsformer

Individual multiple choice midterm exam 40%; individual essay 3-hour final examination 60%

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