Welcome to BISC 404: Ecology and Biodiversity!

Lab Content

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Lab 1 - Introduction to Github and ChatGPT

• Handouts
  • How to Read a Scientific Paper - PDF
  • Git/Github - Download
  • ChatGPT - Download
    
    
• Exercises
  • Intro to Git/Github Exercises - Download
    
    
• Solutions
  • Git/Github Handout
  • ChatGPT Handout
  • Github: Recovering missing and previous versions of files

Lab 2 - Introduction to R/Rstudio

• Handouts
  • Lab 2 Intro to R/Rstudio - Download
  • ChatGPT - Download
    
    
• Exercises
  • Intro to R/Rstudio - Download
    
    
• Solutions
  • Intro to R/Rstudio Handout

Lab 3 - Intraspecies Interactions: Population Growth

• Handouts
  • Lab 3 Population Growth - Download
  • Lab 3 dataset - Download
    
    
• Exercises
  • Population Growth - Download
• Solutions
  • Population Growth Handout

Lab 4 - Interspecies Interactions: Predator/Prey Models

• Handouts
  • Cleaning Data Tips - Download
  • Cleaning Data Tips Data - Download
  • Lab 4 Predator/Prey Handout - Download
  • Lab 4 Predator/Prey Simulation
    
    
• Exercises
  • Predator/Prey Exercises - Download
  • Lab 4 dataset - Download
    
    

Lab 5 - Interspecies Interactions: Competition

Lab 6 - Biodiversity Metrics

Lab 7 - Metapopulations and Island Biogeography

Final Project

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