Stochastic viewpoint emphasized. Research design issues for ecological or environmental studies. Analysis of unwieldy data sets. Relationships between growth and use of objective knowledge in natural resources management is explored through case studies. Analysis of ecological problems suitable for modeling and assessment of models.
Students construct a model of their own.
Spatial distribution of communities, how this arises, and what its consequences are. Fisheries, forestry, and marine resources. Population and community ecology, systems ecology, and physical processes in ecosystems. Topics can be theoretical in nature or combined theory and experiment. Research might be a prelude to thesis or dissertation research.