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Dec 09, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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BIOL 1130 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (with Lab)
Goals: To understand the ecological, evolutionary, geological, and historical factors which have led to the current distribution and abundance of organisms; to examine the changes in these distributions due to human activities; and to evaluate conservation strategies for different types of organisms.
Content: Fundamentals of population ecology, community ecology and evolution; classification of organisms; patterns of biodiversity in space and time; extinctions and their causes; conservation genetics; design of nature preserves.
Prerequisites: None
Note: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
Credits: 4
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