BIOL 59100 Field Ecology
Session Offered:
fall Credit 4.0
Prerequisites:
BIOL 28600 or 58500. Course restriciton: Permission of instructor required.
Description:
This course is an alternate year course, offered fall semester even numbered years. BIOL 59100 is an interactive approach to understanding strategies for testing ideas about the organization and evolution of ecological systems under natural conditions. Emphasis is on the role of comparative and experimental field studies in the development and testing of ecological principles, especially at the population and community levels of organization, with an eye toward developing models useful for conservation. Class field projects trips are the focus of the first half of the course, including wetlands, lakes and forests of northern Indiana and Michigan, local plant-animal interactions during bird migration, as well as forest and stream ecosystems of the Great Smoky Mountains. Individual and small-group projects ranging from animal behavior to forest ecosystems are the focus of the second half. Students are responsible for written and oral presentations of group and individual projects, including research proposals and final papers in journal format. Readings are mainly current review articles and original research papers from the primary literature, emphasizing the issues addressed by class field projects. Readings, lectures and discussions assume a basic understanding of ecological principals and some experience in natural history.
Instructor(s):
Nancy Emery
E-mail:
nemery@purdue.eduTextbook(s):
See fall text list
Notes:
Exam information is available on-line via:
https://roomschedule.mypurdue.purdue.edu/Timetabling/exams.do
Course Format:
For this offering of BIOL 59100 enroll in schedule types:
|
CRN |
Sec |
Type |
Cred |
Days |
Time |
Location |
|
57935 |
002 |
LEC |
4 |
MW |
11:30-12:20pm |
LILY G401 |
|
CRN |
Sec |
Type |
Cred |
Days |
Time |
Location |
|
57934 |
001 |
LAB |
0 |
R |
1:30-5:20pm |
LILY G419 |
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