Conservation Biology and Modeling Course

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This course contains Lectures and Spreadsheet instruction videos for each section.

If you would like to view the whole playlist on YouTube, visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0vEee4Iia5RVVW6NgVMLnvvY_d9AXkKf

Otherwise, the course videos will be available by section here. If there are files for the specific section, they will be in a folder labeled ‘Files for this section’

Introduction with Jed Murdoch

Section 1: Basic Population Growth
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Section 2: Demographic Stochasticity
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Spreadsheet
Part 6: Spreadsheet
Section 3: Population Viability
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Lecture
Part 6: Spreadsheet
Section 4: Metapopulation Dynamics
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Spreadsheet
Part 3: Lecture
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Lecture
Part 6: Spreadsheet
Section 5: Source Sink Dynamics
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Section 6: Ecological Traps and Edge Effects
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Section 7: Hardy-Weinberg Equation and Principle
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Spreadsheet
Part 6: Spreadsheet
Section 8: Genetic Drift
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Spreadsheet
Section 9: Inbreeding/Outbreeding
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Section 10: Effective Population Size
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Lecture
Part 3: Spreadsheet
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Spreadsheet
Section 11: Island Biogeography
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Spreadsheet
Part 3: Lecture
Part 4: Spreadsheet
Part 5: Lecture
Section 12: Reserve Design
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Spreadsheet
Part 3: Lecture
Part 4: Lecture
Part 5: Spreadsheet
Part 6: Spreadsheet
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