Course description:
A study of the fundamentals of ecology. Topics include the
relationship between organisms and their physical environment;
population growth, regulation and interactions; the nature and
diversity of biological communities; and ecosystem structure and
function. Approximately half of the weekly laboratories will involve
off-campus field trips for the collection of data from various
ecosystems, while the remaining half will involve identification
of collected samples and processing of collected data.
Prerequisite: BIO 112.