BIOL 216 - Tropical Ecology

Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring, when departmental resources permit.

Prerequisites: BIOL 111 and 113, instructor consent, and approval of the International Education Committee. Course participants visit sites of biological interest in the neotropics. The specific sites vary from year to year, but may include rain forest, high altitude forest, and/or the Galapagos Islands. Students gain firsthand experience with plant and animal communities that have distinctive scientific and historical importance, while learning about ecological and evolutionary processes responsible for patterns of biological diversity in the tropics. Laboratory course. Staff.