The Evolution of Life Histories

3 credits · Undergraduate

Life history describes how reproductive effort changes with age to create strategies that influence survival and reproduction. Life-history research is fundamental to population ecology, evolutionary biology, sustainable harvesting, and conservation biology. Life-history theory provides an explanatory/predictive framework for understanding why organisms differ in how they propagate genes to future generations. CALENDAR NOTES: This course is restricted to 4th year students PREREQUISITES: Minimum of B- in each of BIOL 2003.03, BIOL 2040.03, and BIOL 2060.03 or Instructor's approval. One of BIOL 3044.03, BIOL 3060.03, or BIOL 3080.03 is strongly recommended. RESTRICTIONS: E1, E2, E3 FORMATS: Lecture