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Ecology of the Indian Tropics Biol 427

Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 120

Tropical ecology of south India, including an introduction to and comparative analysis of coastal ecosystems, the plains, and montane tropical ecosystems of the Western Ghats including altitudinal zonation. The course will be taught on-site at a variety of ecosystem preserves and national parks. If suitable arrangements can be made a number of ecosystems will be studied on the Andaman Islands. Topics include tropical ecosystem structure and function, adaptations of flora and fauna, biodiversity surveys, past and present human interaction with the landscape, and autecology of selected plant and animal species. Prerequisite: upper division standing and at least one ecology course (preferably completed at Au Sable) or permission of the Au Sable Representative. Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary.

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January Session 2011 India