課程資訊
課程名稱
 理論生態學導論
BASICS IN THEORETICAL ECOLOGY 
開課學期
 99-1 
授課對象
 理學院  海洋生物及漁業組  
授課教師
 三木健 
課號
 Ocean5054 
課程識別碼
 241EU1940 
班次
  
學分
 3 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期二5,6,7(12:20~15:10) 
上課地點
 海研大講堂 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：20人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/991theor_ecol 
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課程概述

This is a basic course intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students with knowledge of basic biology. Students who are interested in any fields in ecosystem sciences (e.g. ecology, microbial biology, oceanography, and conservation biology) are all welcome. The background for advanced mathematics is not presumed. We will learn basic mathematical methods for analyzing ecological systems with one-species, two-species, and more species. Statistics and computer programming are beyond our focus. The course is designed for hand-on work. We just need “paper-and-pencil” for learning how to think quantitatively about populations and communities. If necessary, we will also use well-developed software but we do not need skills in computer programming. There will be dedicated time every week for students to do “paper-and-pencil” exercise. The topics may include:
1. Introduction to theoretical ecology
2. Exponential and logistic population growth
3. Competitive interaction
4. Resource-consumer dynamics
5. Community dynamics and material fluxes
6. Population dynamics in space
7. Community dynamics in space
8. Matrix models for populations and communities
9. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
10. Introduction to numerical calculations
11. Practice for developing a new model
 

課程目標
 The objectives is to provide students with mathematical skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are necessary for mechanistic and quantitative understanding of complexity in ecological systems 
課程要求
 It would be better to have basic backgrounds in calculus and matrix.
Minimum requirements are the ability to solve system of linear equations and factorization. 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
 每週三 08:00~18:00
每週二 08:00~18:00
每週一 08:00~18:00 備註： Please confirm the availability of me by e-mail before visiting my room 
指定閱讀
  
參考書目
 We will not use textbook and handouts will be provided, but the following is also recommended for
sub-reading:
(1) For students who want to know ecological examples in natural systems:
A primer of ecology by Nicholas J. Gotelli. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
(2) For students who want to check again the content of my class later:
An Illustrate guide to Theoretical Ecology, by Ted J. Case, Oxford Univ. Press
(3) For students who want to know more rigorous mathematical theory on dynamics systems:
Dynamics and bifurcations, by Hale & Kocak, Springer-Verlag
(4) For students who want to learn more theories in ecosystems:
Mathematical Ecology of Population and Ecosystems, by John Pastor, Wiley-Blackwell
(5) For students who want to learn more general mathematical biology:
Mathematical Biology I: An introduction, by JD Murray, Springer
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
    
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 09/14  Introduction to theoretical ecology and mathematical preparation/PLEASE COME WITH YOUR NOTEBOOK!! 
Week 2
 9/21  Exponential population growth I 
Week 3
 0/28  Exponential population growth II (advanced) 
Week 4
 10/5  Structured Population (age-structured model) 
Week 5
 10/12  Density-dependent growth, the concept of local stability 
Week 6
 10/19  Exercise for nonlinear ODE model for population dynamics 
Week 7
 10/26  Competitive interaction I (graphical solution) 
Week 8
 11/2  Competitive interaction II (local stability analysis) 
Week 9
 11/16  Resource-Consumer dynamics I (how to model resource consumption) 
Week 10
 11/23  Resource-Consumer dynamics II (local stability analysis) 
Week 12
 11/30  Resource-Consumer dynamics II (local stability analysis) 
Week 15
 12/14  Competitive interaction III (Resource competition, competitive exclusion) 
Week 16
 12/21  Apparent Competition 
Week 17
 12/28  Time-discrete modeling (difference equation) 
Week 18
 1/4  Disease Dynamics (ODE)