Ecology & Evolution
Ecology and evolution are sister disciplines, both encompassing the study of natural selection, life history, development, adaptation, population, and inheritance. Ecology and evolution are broad disciplines seeking to understand the origins, diversity, and distribution of organisms.
Honours Bachelor of Science
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- Environmental Educator
- Zoologist
- Environmental Health Officer
- Conservation Officer
- Genetic Counsellor
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Buzz Around Campus
Honeybees identify strangers in their midst using signals from the bacteria in the intruder’s digestive system, an international team of biologists says. Their work contributes to broader questions about the tools social animals use to distinguish between insiders and outsiders in their community.
It crawls! But how? That was the question Adriano Senatore faced in his study of Trichoplax adhaerens, an extremely simple aquatic animal that emerged more than 600 million years ago, and has been squirming around the planet ever since.
UTM evolutionary biology professor Marc Johnson had big plans for last May. He and his family were on tap to travel to Ottawa. They were going to stay in a fancy hotel, attend a reception at the Governor General’s residence and meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Sample Courses
This course will provide Biology Majors and Specialists particularly interested in ecology with integrated, practical exposure to field and laboratory research methods.
A survey of the population and community ecology of plants. Topics include resource acquisition, growth and reproduction, mutualisms, competition, defence, invasions, disturbance, and population dynamics.
We discuss the species concept, quantification and cost-benefit analysis of biodiversity and extinction, causes, consequence, diagnosis and treatment of population declines.
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