Sargent Lab

Population Biology Topics That We Covered In Lecture 

• Amanda's Most Excellent 2nd Exam Review

• Final Review

• Old Final

• Exponential and Logistic Population Growth

• Lotka-Volterra Competition

• Competition and Character Displacement (including Lack's work with Darwin's Finches, fundamental versus realized niche [host/parasite should have read, parasite/host in Table 18.1)

• Recent Character Divergence in Darwin's Finches (Grant and Grant)

• Lotka-Volterra Predator/Prey (link, link, link)

• Trophic Cascades

• Keystone Predation (link, link)

• Island Biogeograpy (link, link)

• Succession (link [close slide master view], 

• Intermediate Disturbance

• Populus: Don Alstad's Simulation Software in Population Biology (free download).