BIOL 355Ecology (LEC)

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Major global issues examined via ecological fundamentals and their application. Fundamentals include climate patterns, energy flow, nutrient cycling, population dynamics, plant ecology, species interactions. Issues include biodiversity crisis, ecosystem services, global warming, habitat fragmentation, human population growth, invasive species, pollution (acidification, biocides, eutrophication, nitrogen saturation), population exploitation. Prerequisite: BIOL 114 or 117; Students may earn credit for either BIOL 355 or BIOL 373, not both. Graduate students will not receive graduate credit for this course. This course has a wait list. Once you are on the waitlist, you cannot change your section or re-enroll in the course, even if seats appear to be available. If you do so, you risk being dropped and losing your place in line.