Population Ecology and Management 1400-PEaM-w
Lecture. Demography: models of population growth (discrete generations and overlapping generations,
logistic models, time-lag models). Demographic analyses - life tables, birth-rate and mortality. The nature
and consequences of intra-specific competition, density-dependent population processes, population
regulation, r/K selection, top-down and bottom-up controls, carrying capacity, metapopulation.
Harvesting populations: natural exploitation - predation and herbivory, and populations exploited by
humans - the concept of maximum sustained yield, logistic-type and dynamic pool models of
exploitation. Exploitation of natural populations - forestry, agriculture, fisheries, wildlife management.
Population management - species introductions, pest control, ecological restitutions. Management and
conservation of small populations - rare and endangered species, the concept of Minimum Viable
Population (MVP).
Trainings. Exploitation of natural and virtual populations - estimating of maximum
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Learning outcomes
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:
1. Assessment of the implementation of individual tasks related to population dynamics modeling
2. Presentations and discussion of results obtained by groups conducting experiments on population
exploitation
Bibliography
Lecture: Demography of a population. Demographic analyses. The nature and consequences of intra-
specific competition, density-dependent population processes, population regulation.
Harvesting populations: natural exploitation and exploitation by humans. Exploitation of natural
populations. Population management. Management of small populations.
Trainings. Exploitation of natural and virtual populations - estimating of maximum sustained yield
Population modeling, computer simulations of population dynamics.
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