Ecology and Biodiversity
The theories of the biodiversity lie at the interface between ecology and evolution. The processes underlying the origin and the maintenance of
biodiversity are presented. These processes are genetic (natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, systems of reproduction), macro-evolutionary
(speciation, extinction), and ecological (maintenance of polymorphism, biogeography, ecological niches). These concepts are approached in the form
of models using game theory, spatially structured models, population genetics and population dynamics, but also with the study of particular cases.
This course also presents applications of these theories to the management of the biodiversity, at the population level (reduction in genetic variability,
response to selection and adaptive potentialities
Level : UnderGraduate
Course Language : French
- Teaching coordinator: Courtier-Orgogozo Virginie
- Teaching coordinator: Tenaillon Olivier