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Lecture 3 of 65Week 1 Introduction, Sensory Ecology, and Resource Acquisition

Lec 03 How animals and plants sense and navigate the world

Prof. Vishwesha Guttal Prof. Kavita Isvaran Prof. Kartik Shanker Prof. Umesh Srinivasan Prof. Maria Thaker Prof.… · IISc Bangalore

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  1. Lec 01 Fundamentals in Ecology Video
  2. Lec 02 Evolutionary Ecology Video
  3. Lec 03 How animals and plants sense and navigate the world Video
  4. Lec 04 Accessing resources Video
  5. Lec 05 Competing for resources Video
  6. Lec 06 Movement ecology Video
  7. Lec 07 Adaptations in predator-prey interactions Video
  8. Lec 08 Social behaviour Video
  9. Lec 09 Mating systems Video
  10. Lec 10 Life history theory Video
  11. Lec 11 General intro to population dynamics Video
  12. Lec 12 Math Refresher Video
  13. Lec 13 Density independent growth Video
  14. Lec 14 Tutorial / Numerical Examples Video
  15. Lec 15 Density dependent growth (Continuous time; logistic model) Video
  16. Lec 16 Lotka-Volterra competition models Video
  17. Lec 17 Competitive Exclusion and Coexistence Video
  18. Lec 18 Summary and recap Video
  19. Lec 19 Spatial population structure and dynamics Video
  20. Lec 20 Metapopulation case study: butterflies Video
  21. Lec 21 Study design - Part 1 Video
  22. Lec 22 Study design - Part 2 Video
  23. Lec 23 Study design - Part 3 Video
  24. Lec 24 Quantitative thinking - Part 1 Video
  25. Lec 25 Quantitative thinking - Part 2 Video
  26. Lec 26 Introduction Video
  27. Lec 27 Conditions and resources Video
  28. Lec 28 Fundamental and realised niches Video
  29. Lec 29 Distribution of communities Video
  30. Lec 30 Community assembly Video
  31. Lec 31 Introduction to species interactions Video
  32. Lec 32 Competition Video
  33. Lec 33 Predation Video
  34. Lec 34 Parasitim & Infectious disease Video
  35. Lec 35 Positive interspecies interactions Video
  36. Lec 36 Foodwebs Video
  37. Lec 37 Food web case study Video
  38. Lec 38 Plant-animal interactions Video
  39. Lec 39 Species invasion as an ecological process I Video
  40. Lec 40 Species invasion as an ecological process II Video
  41. Lec 41 Species concepts Video
  42. Lec 42 Species diversity 1 Video
  43. LEc 43 Species diversity 2 Video
  44. Lec 44 Diversity and distribution Video
  45. Lec 45 Relative abundance Video
  46. Lec 46 Macroecology 1 Video
  47. Lec 47 Macroecology 2 Video
  48. Lec 48 Biogeography Video
  49. Lec 49 The Changing Earth Video
  50. Lec 50 Ecosystems & Biogeochemistry - 1 Video
  51. Lec 51 Ecosystems & Biogeochemistry - 2 Video
  52. Lec 52 Introduction to the Anthropocene Video
  53. Lec 53 Climate change Video
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