Evolutionary ecology
Professor: Maurício Sedrez dos Reis
Copulsory/Elective: Elective
Course workload: 45 h
Credits: 3
Syllabus: Biogeography and biological diversity. Ecology of communities and ecosystems. Inter and intraspecies competition. Population ecology. Interaction among species: predation, pollination, and seed dispersal. Reproductive system. Variation, adaptation, and speciation.
Bibliography:
BEGON, M., HARPER, J.L., TOWSEND, C.R. Ecology: Individuals, populations and communities. London: Blackwell Scientific, Pub., 2006.
CONNER, J. F. & HARTL, D. A primer of ecological genetics. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates Inc., 2004. 304 p.
GOTELLI, N. J. A primer of ecology, 3 ed.. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates Inc., 2004. 265 p.
FUTUYMA, D. Evolutionary Biology. 3 ed., Sunderland: Sinauer Associates Inc., 1998. 763 p.
PIANKA, E.R. Evolutionary ecology. 6 ed. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1999. 512 p.
