Bio 4451:

Field
Ecology & Evolution

Field Ecology & Evolution Home Page

Akumal Bay, site of Centro Ecológico Akumal ~ base of operations for FEE in 2004 and 2007

• Description

• Syllabus

• Requirements

• Summer reading

• Reserve materials

• Links

• Bio 4452 lab

Dr. Robert L. Curry

Dept. of Biology

Villanova University

Next offering: Fall 2009 (preceding Bio 4452, Field Ecology & Evolution Laboratory, in Dec 2009-Jan 2010, as a S09 course). Focal region: Mesoamerica and the Yucatán Peninsula, México

This course normally is offered only every other year. However, the sequence is going to be altered in the next few years. Specifically, Dr. Mike Russell is offering a different version of Bio 4451/4452 in F08, with a regional focus on Coastal Oregon. The Mexico version of the course in F08/S09 will be offered only if the Oregon version reaches sufficient enrollment first.

Format: lecture, one 2-hour meeting weekly or two 50-min. meetings

Appropriate for: undergraduates with at least some relevant course background and strong interest in ecology

Explanation of pre- or co-requisites

Focal regions of past offerings have included:

• Yucatán Peninsula, México (S04, S07)

• Arizona and the desert Southwest (S00)

• South Florida (S92, S96, S98, S06)

• Puerto Rico (S94)

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