Bio 4451:

Field
Ecology & Evolution

Field Ecology & Evolution Home Page

 

Akumal Bay, site of Centro Ecológico Akumal ~ base of operations for Yucatan version of FEE

 

Dr. Robert L. Curry

Dept. of Biology

Villanova University

Next offering: Fall 2013 (preceding Bio 4452, Field Ecology & Evolution Laboratory, in Dec 2013 - Jan 2014, as a S14 course). Focal region: Mesoamerica and the Yucatán Peninsula, México

Format: lecture + discussion, one 100-minute meeting weekly (1500h - 1640h, Mondays)

Appropriate for: undergraduates with at least some relevant course background, strong interest in ecology, or both. The course is offered under a graduate companion course number (Bio 8940) also.

Explanation of pre- or co-requisites

Focal regions of past offerings have included:

  • Yucatán Peninsula, México (S04, S07, S10, S12)

  • Arizona and the desert Southwest (S00)

  • South Florida (S92, S96, S98, S06)

  • Puerto Rico (S94)

  • Nova Scotia (Summer 95, 01)

 

2004 Field Ecology & Evolution class (almost everyone!) at Cobá ruins, Quintana Roo (Yucatán region)