BIO 374 - Tropical Ecology and Conservation

3 Credits

Part of a Round River field experience. This course provides an introduction to the ecological complexity of tropical forests and to the natural history, evolutionary biology, and conservation status of the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the Neotropics. This course also examines major threats to biodiversity, the main conservation problems of tropical environments, as well as current alternatives to the destruction of tropical forest.
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128 and Admittance to the Round River Program