Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology

Evolutionary biology studies the origin and descent of species and their change and adaptation over time. Ecology involves the study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how those factors are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environments. Population biology involves the dynamics of species populations and how they interact with the environment.

Areas of Study: Population ecology; Community ecology; Plant and animal evolution; Microbial evolution; Evolution of behavior; Phylogenetics; Systematics; Theoretical and experimental population genetics