BIOL 3070 Caribbean Island Ecology and Biogeography
Course Description
This advanced course treats the islands of the Caribbean within a global perspective. Its subject is the special nature of island environments and their biotas, and its aim is an understanding of the distributions and ecological relationships of island plants and animals through an analysis of their origins, evolutionary past, population ecology and community composition. The course is expected to integrate much of the knowledge that advanced undergraduates have amassed. Teaching for the course will be approached in a blended/hybrid replacement classroom manner with asynchronous lectures presented online with recorded video and audio and select, classroom sessions. Practical exercises involving field work, literature review and synthesis work and exercises will also be applied to gain more practical skills. Coursework will be in the form of written reports of practical exercises and literature assignments.
