ELME is a summer educational program at the Kellogg Biological Station devoted to Enhancing Linkages between Mathematics and Ecology.  ELME 2013 will focus on metacommunity ecology and evolution.  In this hands-on three-week course, students will learn the basics of metacommunity theory and apply their knowledge to independent modeling projects.  A wide variety of approaches to spatial ecology will be employed.

"We define a metacommunity as a set of local communities that are linked by dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species (Gilpin & Hanski 1991; Wilson 1992). Metacommunity theory describes processes that occur at the metacommunity scale and suggests novel ways of thinking about species interactions." – Leibold et al. 2004

Hours:
Mon-Fri 9-5

Instructors:
Mathew Leibold (University of Texas-Austin)
Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University)

Target audience:
12-18 graduate students and postdocs; exceptional undergraduates will be considered

Prerequisites:
At least one semester experience in theoretical ecology/evolution.  Previous exposure to metacommunity theory useful but not required.

Format:
A mixture of lecture, guided computer labs, and 1.5 weeks independent/team projects

KBS Eminent Ecologist Sebastian Diehl June 16-22!

Further pplications are not being accepted for ELME 2013

References:

Holyoak, Marcel, Mathew A. Leibold, and Robert D. Holt.  2005.  Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities. University of Chicago Press

Leibold, Mathew A., et al.  2004.  The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale ecology. Ecology Letters 7: 601-613.

Any questions?  Email elme2013@kbs.msu.edu

ELME is supported by MSU and NSF grant DEB-0845825 to C. Klausmeier.