Selected Topics: Biodiversity:

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This course will explore the biodiversity by examining the diversity of life, and the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain its existence. Field studies will focus on some or all of the following: plants, small mammals, fish, birds, insects, and reptiles. Through readings, onsite lectures, field data collections, laboratory analyses, and field trips, a greater insight and understanding of the interrelated ecology of the area will be developed.