BIOL 461 - Community Ecology

Learner Outcome

Activity (optional)

Assessment

Evaluate general patterns and processes of community structure and dynamics, including indicators of diversity, connectance, equilibrium, and succession

Short-answer questions, essays, Socratic discussion using examples.

Identify direct and indirect interactions among the species in a community

Diagrams and flow charts of community structure with direct and indirect interactions appropriately indicated

Compare and evaluate study design, methods, and data analysis techniques for community ecology research

Case studies focused on primary literature

Apply principles of community ecology toward solutions to ecological problems such as declining biodiversity, establishment of exotics, biological control

Problem-based scenario, reflection, and action plan.