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BIOL457: Paleoecology and Environmental Change
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400-level
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2
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2
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Fundamental principles of paleoecology with emphasis on species, community and ecosystem responses to environmental change over the past 2 million years. Topics include: using fossil remains to infer ecological dynamics and climate change since the last glaciation; ice age megafaunal extinctions; role of paleoecology in conservation.
Supplemental Notes
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- Credit will be granted for only one of BIOL 457, BIOL 557.
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Additional course requirements
- minimum third-year standing
- or permission of the department
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