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Course Id: 3782
Departments and Numbers: EEB 338, LAS 351
Area: ST
Title: Tropical Biology
Description: "Tropical Biology" is an intensive, three-week field course given at four sites in Panama, examining the origins, maintenance and major interactions among terrestrial plants and animals. The course provides the opportunity to appreciate (1) floral and faunal turnover among four rainforest sites (beta-diversity); and (2) floral and faunal turnover along vertical gradients, from ground to upper canopy, at two rainforest sites (vertical stratification). Students carry out individual projects at the sites. Fieldwork is supported by six orientation walks that introduce participants to common orders and families of plants and arthropods.
Prerequisites: EEB 321 and enrollment in the EEB Spring semester tropical biology program in Panama.
Professors: Yves F. Basset
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