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In this class we will critically review both classical works and recent literature on ecological theory. Emphasis will be on providing a theoretical and phenomenological foundation for the study of computational models. We will meet twice weekly for roundtable discussions. In this class we will critically review both classical works and recent literature on ecological theory. Emphasis will be on providing a theoretical and phenomenological foundation for the study of computational models. We will meet twice weekly for roundtable discussions.

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Ecological theory | Ecological theory | collective dynamics | collective dynamics | mathematical ecology | mathematical ecology | ecology | ecology | artificial ecology | artificial ecology | computational models | computational models

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Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gave a lecture on 15 March 2010 forming part of the Nutritional Anthropology lecture series. It was entitled 'Political Ecology of Food Security'. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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nutrition | ecology | society | political ecology | anthropology | food | politics | nutrition | ecology | society | political ecology | anthropology | food | politics

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This is a basic subject in ecology that seeks to improve the understanding of the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems and the regulation of the distribution and abundance of organisms. The course covers productivity and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems, trophic dynamics, community structure and stability, competition and predation, evolution and natural selection, population growth and physiological ecology. There is particular emphasis placed on aquatic systems. This is a basic subject in ecology that seeks to improve the understanding of the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems and the regulation of the distribution and abundance of organisms. The course covers productivity and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems, trophic dynamics, community structure and stability, competition and predation, evolution and natural selection, population growth and physiological ecology. There is particular emphasis placed on aquatic systems.

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ecology | ecology | flow of energy | flow of energy | flow of materials | flow of materials | ecosystems | ecosystems | distribution and abundance of organisms | distribution and abundance of organisms | productivity cycles | productivity cycles | biogeochemical cycles | biogeochemical cycles | trophic dynamics | trophic dynamics | community structure and stability | community structure and stability | competition and predation | competition and predation | evolution and natural selection | evolution and natural selection | population growth | population growth | physiological ecology | physiological ecology | aquatic systems | aquatic systems | community structure | community structure | community stability | community stability | competition | competition | predation | predation | distribution | distribution | organisms | organisms | evolution | evolution | natural selection | natural selection | energy flow | energy flow | 1.018 | 1.018 | 7.30 | 7.30

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This course is the first subject in the Environmental Policy and Planning sequence. It reviews philosophical debates including growth vs. deep ecology, "command-and-control" vs. market-oriented approaches to regulation, and the importance of expertise vs. indigenous knowledge. Its emphasis is placed on environmental planning techniques and strategies. Related topics include the management of sustainability, the politics of ecosystem management, environmental governance and the changing role of civil society, ecological economics, integrated assessment (combining environmental impact assessment (EIA) and risk assessment), joint fact finding in science-intensive policy disputes, environmental justice in poor communities of color, and environmental dispute resolution. This course is the first subject in the Environmental Policy and Planning sequence. It reviews philosophical debates including growth vs. deep ecology, "command-and-control" vs. market-oriented approaches to regulation, and the importance of expertise vs. indigenous knowledge. Its emphasis is placed on environmental planning techniques and strategies. Related topics include the management of sustainability, the politics of ecosystem management, environmental governance and the changing role of civil society, ecological economics, integrated assessment (combining environmental impact assessment (EIA) and risk assessment), joint fact finding in science-intensive policy disputes, environmental justice in poor communities of color, and environmental dispute resolution.

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Experimental investigations of speech processes. Topics: measurement of articulatory movements | Experimental investigations of speech processes. Topics: measurement of articulatory movements | measurements of pressures and airflows in speech production | measurements of pressures and airflows in speech production | computer-aided waveform analysis and spectral analysis of speech | computer-aided waveform analysis and spectral analysis of speech | synthesis of speech | synthesis of speech | perception and discrimination of speechlike sounds | perception and discrimination of speechlike sounds | speech prosody | speech prosody | models for speech recognition | models for speech recognition | speech disorders | speech disorders | other topics | other topics | environment | environment | environmental planning | environmental planning | environmental policy | environmental policy | ethics | ethics | land use planning | land use planning | environmental management | environmental management | growth | growth | scarcity | scarcity | command and control | command and control | market forces | market forces | utilitarianism | utilitarianism | deep ecology | deep ecology | expert knowledge | expert knowledge | indigeneous knowledge | indigeneous knowledge | land conservation | land conservation | sustainable design | sustainable design | growth management | growth management | hazard mitigation | hazard mitigation | ecosystem management | ecosystem management | geospatial data | geospatial data | stormwater management | stormwater management | runoff pollution | runoff pollution | landscape ecology | landscape ecology | biodiversity | biodiversity | integrated assessment | integrated assessment | professional practice | professional practice

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The Virtual Rocky Shore (VRS) is an interactive computer simulation allowing the design of manipulative experiments as would be conducted on a real rocky shore. The companion website explains experimental design from the basics, through to conducting an experiment using the simulation. Further guidance on the statistical analysis (using SPSS and R) is given, along with how to write up the experiment as if it was a real scientific paper. The full website is provided here, with an external link to the download for the VRS - written in Java and provided with source code (in the unzipped JAR file) under the GNU license.

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virtual rocky shore | experimental design | ecology | rocky shore ecology | scientific writing | statistics | vrs | interactive simulation | grazing | community ecology | ukoer | bioukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the type of field based chemical water quality measurement carried out by ecologists. Phosphate measurement is used as the example. Aimed at students without previous field experience of water quality sampling.

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freshwater ecology | water quality sampling | stream sampling | phosphate measurement | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of insects and other invertebrates using a beating tray. Aimed at students without previous field experience of insect sampling techniques.

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bioukoer | terrestrial ecology | entomology | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | invertebrate sampling | insect sampling | ukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating field based measurement of dissolved oxygen in a stream. Aimed at students without previous field experience of water quality sampling.

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freshwater ecology | water quality sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the use of an Ekman Grab for sampling benthic diversity in standing water. Aimed at students without previous field experience of benthic sampling methods.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | benthic sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating field based measurement of flow rate in a stream. Aimed at students without previous field experience of measuring physical environment of moving water.

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freshwater ecology | measuring physical environment of moving water | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video providing a summary of why freshwater invertebrates and plant abundances are studied and the broad types of methods used. Aimed at students without previous field experience and linked to other more detailed methods videos up loaded to Jorum Open, which can be found using keywords Freshwater Ecology or Ecology Field Techniques.

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freshwater ecology | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of invertebrates using Kick Sampling. Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater invertebrate sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of insects and other invertebrates using a light trap. Aimed at students without previous field experience of insect sampling techniques.

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terrestrial ecology | entomology | moth sampling | nocturnal insect sampling | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | invertebrate sampling | insect sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the measurement of PAR in standing water. Aimed at students without previous field experience of measuring the physical environment in water.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | measuring physical environment of water | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the measurement of PH in flowing water. Aimed at students without previous field experience of measuring the physical environment in water.

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freshwater ecology | measuring physical environment of water | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the measurement of water conductivity in flowing water. Aimed at students without previous field experience of measuring the physical environment in water.

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freshwater ecology | measuring physical environment of water | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the measurement of water quality in standing water such as lakes and ponds. Aimed at students without previous field experience of measuring the physical environment in water.

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freshwater ecology | measuring physical environment of water | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of invertebrates using pond nets in standing water. Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater invertebrate sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of insects and other invertebrates using pitfall traps. Aimed at students without previous field experience of insect sampling techniques.

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terrestrial ecology | entomology | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | invertebrate sampling | insect sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection capture of small mammals using Sherman traps. Aimed at students without previous field experience of mammal sampling techniques.

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terrestrial ecology | mammalogy | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | mammal sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of invertebrates using surber sampler. Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater invertebrate sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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Short video introducing and illustrating the collection of insects and other invertebrates using sweep nets. Aimed at students without previous field experience of insect sampling techniques.

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terrestrial ecology | entomology | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | invertebrate sampling | insect sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | Biological sciences | C000

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A short PowerPoint presentation introducing Kick Sampling as a method for collection aquatic invertebrates. Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater invertebrate sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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A short PowerPoint presentation introducing Electrofishing as a method for collection aquatic invertebrates. Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater invertebrate sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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A short PowerPoint presentation illustrating how flowrate of a stream can be measured Aimed at students without previous field experience of freshwater biology sampling techniques.

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freshwater ecology | biodiversity sampling | stream sampling | bioukoer | ukoer | ecology methods | ecology field techniques | Biological sciences | C000

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