SCI-2010 v1

Fowler, S., Roush, R., Wise, J. (2013). Population and community Ecology. In Concepts of biology. Open Stax. https://openstax.org/books/concepts-biology/pages/19-introduction
Reading this chapter will help you better understand the growth of population and factors that can affect it.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Introduction. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15172/overview
An instructional reading to introduce population and community ecology.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Population demography. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15173/overview
Reading this chapter will help you better understand the way ecologists measure population size and density.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Environmental limits to population growth. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15175/overview
Reading this chapter will help explain the characteristics of and differences between exponential and logistic growth patterns.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Population dynamics and regulation. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15176/overview
Reading this chapter will help describe how natural section and environmental adaptation leads to the evolution of particular life-history patterns.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Human population growth. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15177/overview
Reading this chapter will help explain how human population growth can be exponential, as well as how humans have expanded the carrying capacity of their habitat.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Community Ecology. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15178/overview
Reading this chapter will help your understanding of community structure and succession. It will also explain the predator-prey cycle.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Behavioral biology: Proximate and ultimate causes of behavior. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15179/overview
Reading this chapter will help you better understand the differences between innate and learned behavior. You will also learn about different ways members of a population communicate with each other.

Khan Academy. (2016, August). Exponential and logistic growth in populations. Ecology [Video]. https://youtu.be/KyAKEisg2PQ
Watching this video provides visualization on population growth rates and how exponential and logistic equations can model them.

Khan Academy. (2016, August). Population regulation. Ecology [Video]. https://youtu.be/6IS_M6CX7FE
Watching this video will help you understand the difference between density-dependent and density-independent factors that affect population growth.

Khan Academy. (2011, December). Thomas Malthus and population growth. Cosmology & astronomy [Video]. https://youtu.be/r1ywppAJ1xs
Watching this video will help you understand the views of population based on Thomas Malthus.