OEB 65. Conservation Biology
Our planet and its biodiversity are in peril. We will begin by exploring the state of the planet and how we got here before focusing on what can still be done to conserve Earth’s remaining biodiversity, considering the biological, societal and ethical considerations of conservation in a changing world.
OEB 55. Ecology: Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems
Professors: Andrew Davies, Paul Moorcroft
This course examines the relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population, and community level. The course covers topics in both pure and applied ecology including: adaptations to the physical environment, population dynamics, competition, predator-prey interactions, community ecology, ecosystem structure, stability, and function, the ecology of infectious diseases, and natural resource management.
OEB 314. Landscape Ecology
This is a required lab based ecology course for graduate students in the Davies Lab.