Upcoming final exam
when and where The final exam is coming up on Friday
May 7 (9:50am to 11:50). You will have the whole two
hour period to take the exam (but you should not need the whole
period).
what The exam will cover all material covered in
lectures and lab.
- All material in Chapters 1-6 of the Gotelli book
- Exponential pop growth (Gotelli Ch. 1, lecture, lab)
- Density-dependent pop growth (Gotelli Ch. 2, lecture, lecture,
lecture, lab)
- Age-structured pop growth and matrix population models (Gotelli Ch.
3; lecture, lecture, lab, lab additional suggested reading: Heppell et al. 1998)
- Metapopulations (Gotelli Ch. 4, lecture, lab;
additional suggested reading: Griffin et
al. 2008)
- Competition (Gotelli Ch. 5, lecture)
- Predation (Gotelli Ch. 6, lecture)
- Systems thinking and modeling (lecture, Ch. 1, 2 of “Beyond Connecting the
Dots”)
- Basic computer programming (e.g., if-then-else statements)
- Stochasticity and Uncertainty (lecture, lab, suggested
readings: Lande 1992; Regan 2002.
- Small-population paradigm and declining-population paradigm
(lecture, lecture, suggested reading: Caughley 1988)
- Population Viability Analysis, in theory and practice (lecture, suggested reading Beissinger and Westphal 1998, optional lecture)
NOTE: we skipped over the lecture on
individual-based models- this topic will (of course) not be
included on the final exam
NOTE: we skipped over the Parameter estimation for PVA,
including basic capture-recapture methods (lecture) - this topic will (of course) not
be included on the final exam
The exam will consist of a mixture of multiple-choice and
short-answer questions (including a few definitions).
Final logistics
Final exam
- This Friday, May 7 from 9:50-11:50 (via zoom/tophat)
Final papers
- Everyone should have received detailed feedback over the weekend -
please let us know if you have any questions.
- Final papers due May 12 at 5pm (webcampus submission)
PLEASE fill out your course evaluations!
[–this is the final lecture–]