Tropical Ecology ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course covers the ecology and biodiversity of the Neotropics. In addition to content and interaction pertaining directly to the study, the there is a travel portion of the course that is conducted in the field in Central America. Depending on the sites, we will visit a range of habitats and thus range of ecologies of the flora and fauna. Habitats will include all or some of the following: lowland wet and moist forests, lower montane forest (cloud forest), rivers and wetlands, mangrove swamps and coral reefs. At several sites, we may explore the habitat at night, which may include travel by canoe and overnight stays in the forest. We may also visit remote indigenous communities.