Population Growth (chapter 1) 

- Introduction, births and deaths, immigrants and emigrants, exponential growth model, applications.  

Variation (chapter 2)  

- Natural variation, demographic stochasticity, parameter uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, ambiguity and  ignorance, time to extinction, estimating variation.        

Population Variation (chapter 3)

- Effects of crowding, types of density dependency, density-dependent models, cycles and chaos, harvesting and density dependency.  

Age Structure (chapter 4)  

- Age-structure models, Leslie matrix, stochasticity, life tables.  

Stage Structure (chapter 5)  

- Stage-structured models, stage structure based on size, building of stage-structured models, sensitivity analysis, planning field research, evaluating management options.  

Metapopulations and Spatial Structure (chapter 6)  

- Spatial heterogeneity, habitat loss and fragmentation, island biogeography, metapopulation dynamics, dispersal patterns, metapopulation models, reintroduction and translocation, corridors and reserve designs.  

Population Viability Analysis (chapter 7)  

- Extinction, causes of extinction, population viability analysis, estimating parameters, risk assessment, sensitivity analysis, cost-benefit analysis, monitoring, implementations.  

Decision-Making and Natural Resource Management (chapter 8) 

- Detecting impacts, precautionary principle, managing natural resources, modeling uncertainty, sustainability, the economic and ecological contexts of natural resources management.