Teaching

BIOL 305 Ecology

(taught Spring semesters, other instructors fall/summer)

General survey of the principles of ecology. Focus on processes influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms, interactions among organisms, and interactions between organisms and the environment. A-F only. Pre: BIOL 171; BIOL 172 or BOT 201. (Cross-listed as BOT 305) DB

ZOOL 780 & 781: Foundations of Evolution and Ecology 

(taught in alternate years: even falls and odd springs, 8 credit series)

Co-instructors Bob Thomson & Floyd Reed

Graduate level introduction to evolution and ecology emphasizing foundational literature, modern models and inference, and major questions in evolution and ecology. Topics include population ecology, community ecology, the genetics of populations, systematics, and speciation.

ZOOL 691E: Seminar in Ecology: Study design and inference

topics include: modes of inference, garden of forking paths, strong inference, pseudoreplication, power, hypothesis testing

ZOOL 739: Topics in Ecology

    Discussion-based reading group; topics vary. 

Fall 2021 we will be meeting in person M 10:30-11:20 to discuss influential papers profiled here.