What is the purpose of the course?
The course should serve several purposes:
(1) To present the participants to a number of case-studies involving IBPMs in order to demonstrate their potential in population ecology, but also to discuss their limitations.
(2) To encourage the participants to build their own models by presenting them to relevant software.
(3) To allow the participants to present their own projects in order to achieve feedback and input from the other participants.
(4) To establish long-term contacts between the participants with the purpose of initiating collaborative projects.