Recent Classes

Spring 2012
Biology of the Invertebrates

Information coming soon.

Syllabus coming soon.

Fall 2011
Ecology and Field Biology

“When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe."  This quote by the naturalist John Muir describes well the challenge facing an ecologist.   At whatever level of organization we choose to look- organism, population, community, landscape, or ecosystem- we find an abundance of interactions to be studied.  In this class, we will explore these interactions, with an emphasis on their evolutionary context.  Through lectures, discussions, laboratory exercises, and field study, we will try to better understand the “invisible cords” that inextricably connect the biological world.

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