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EVOLUTIONIST ECOLOGY
cod. 14113

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Ecologia (BIO/07)
Field
Discipline ecologiche e microbiologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Learning objectives

<br />To complement the Ecology Course with a more extended study of evolutionary ecology topics for students of the Ecology oriented curriculum.

Prerequisites

The completion of all first year courses and of Ecology (second year).

Course unit content

<br />Evolutionary forces in action<br />- Evolution and Ecology<br />- Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection<br />- Calculation of gene frequencies<br />- Hardy Weinberg equilibrium, selection, drift, migration<br />- Population effective size<br />- F statistics<br />Population dynamics<br />- Continuous and discrete models<br />- Building a simple population dynamics model<br />- Parameter estimation and finding equilibria<br />- Managing populations as resources<br />- maximum sustainable yield<br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />RIDDLEY M. 2004 - EVOLUTION<br /> McGROW-Hill<br />HARTL D.L. 1997 - PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION<br />GENETICS. SINAUER<br /> 

Teaching methods

<br />Lectures, homework assigments.<br /> <br />Mid course and final test (written),<br />Oral exam

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