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Evolutionary Ecology
Welcome to the Biology 418 web site. This course presents an overview of current knowledge and modern research in evolutionary ecology.
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Course 2021
Tutorial times will be decided in the first week of class.
Attendance at the first lecture is therefore mandatory or tutorial times may conflict with timetables of absent students.
Check the Info tab for course times and other information, and the Outline tab for a course outline.
Bibliography for lectures
These links provide the reference source materials for lectures. The references will be updated through the term.
Links in parentheses are to pdf files containing the overheads given in lecture, which I will make available before each lecture.
You require Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to read the lecture overheads.
- Intracellular symbionts and sex ratio
- Natural selection
- Variation in natural populations
- Evolutionarily stable strategies
- Optimal foraging
- Coevolution of competitors
- Predator-prey coevolution
- Lecture overheads
- Lecture video (lecture 1 - no sound) Sound available separately here
- Lecture video (lecture 2)
- Host-parasite coevolution
- Coevolution of mutualists
- Lecture overheads (with fix)
- Lecture video (lecture 1 - no sound, sorry) Sound available separately here
- Evolution of life histories
- Sexual selection
- Lecture overheads
- Lecture video (lecture 1)
- Lecture video (lecture 2) Recording of lecture ok except for slides – follow with downloaded slides instead.
- Evolution of sexual reproduction
- Lecture overheads
- Lecture audio (lecture 1) Only audio working – follow along with downloaded slides
- Lecture audio (lecture 2) Only audio working – follow along with downloaded slides
- Ecology and speciation
Readings for discussions
Links provide information on required and supplementary readings for the tutorials.
New links will be added weekly.
To access any online journal publications from off campus, follow the instructions here.
Note: Although 5 essays are shown, we will be basing your mark on your top 4.
Eco-evolutionary dynamics ** First essay due Friday Oct 1, 5pm *
Optimal habitat selection ** Second essay due Friday Oct 22, 5pm **
Evolution of virulence ** Third essay due Friday Nov 5, 5pm **
Predation and life history ** Fourth essay due Friday Nov 19, 5pm **
Sexual selection ** Fifth essay due Friday Dec 3, 5pm **
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