Introduction to Tropical Ecology

BIO

617

Introduction to Tropical Ecology

4 hours (15 lecture hours & 90 field hours); 3 credits. An introduction to tropical ecology, with emphasis on differences in the tropical versus temperate systems: including differences in climatic regimes, habitat types, phenology of natural processes, and species to be found in the tropical versus eastern North American temperate environments. It is a short, but intensive immersive course held at a tropical field station, providing opportunities for study of tropical environments and a different culture. It includes a research question conceptualized by the student, with data gathered by the student while in the tropical country, with analyses carried out by the student, and written up for potential submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Additionally, students will be required to present this research at the Graduate Research Conference. Independent research projects will be tailored to individual students’ interests and mentored by the Professors.

Fall, Spring

Graduate

Yes

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