Dynamics of Complex Systems: Ecological Theory

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Lec #	Topics
Complexity, Stability, and the Struggle for Existence
1	Predator-prey Models
2	Supplemental Information Ecological Experiments
3	Supplemental Information Niche Theory
4	Stability of Complex Systems
5	Supplemental Information Competitive Exclusion
6	Chaotic Dynamics
7	Network Theory
Spatial Interactions
8	Population Dispersal
9	Patchiness
10	Pattern and Scale
11	Spatial Models and Interacting Particle Systems
12	Lattice-gas Models
13	Plankton Patchiness
14	Supplemental Information Scaling from Trees to Forests
Co-evolution with the Environment
15	Evolution of Biodiversity
16	Supplemental Information Adaptation and Diversification
17	Artificial Life and Biological Complexity
18	Cycles
Student Presentations
19	Reactivity, Stability, and Plankton (2 Presentations)
20	Theory of Productivity-Diversity Relationships
21	Evolution of Virulence in Host-Pathogen Systems
22	Renormalization Approach to Biological Systems
23	Directed Motion in Lotka-Volterra Models
24	Supplemental Information “Highly Optimized Tolerance” and Ecology
25	Theory of Vegetation Patterns