#  Teaching 

 



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**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 250. How Animals Shape our Planet**

How do animals shape our planet? Do their roles matter when compared with other seemingly obvious and dominant drivers such as climate, soils, topography or plants? This course examines the existing scientific literature on animal-driven contributions to large-scale environmental processes, exploring multiple facets of animal-induced effects, and comparing their magnitude to abiotic and anthropogenic drivers. We will also consider how animal-driven ecosystem effects can be expected to change in response to global change drivers.

**OEB 314. Landscape Ecology**

This is a required lab based ecology course for graduate students in the Davies Lab.

###### Image credits: Wild dog with tracking collar, J.Buonfiglio; Rhino operation, C. Ressijac; Collecting data in the field, L. Aguilar; Controlled fires, M. Voysey; Banding Osprey, N. Marks