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Listed in: Biology, as BIOL-440
Rachel A. Levin (Section 01)
Conservation biology is a highly interdisciplinary field, requiring careful consideration of biological, economic, and sociological issues. Solutions to biodiversity conservation and environmental challenges are even more complex. Yet, conservation is a topic of timely importance in order to safeguard biological diversity. Utilizing articles from the primary literature, course topics will include invasive species, restoration, climate change, and biodiversity banking, as well as how to determine appropriate conservation priorities. Three classroom hours per week.
Requisite: BIOL 230 or 321 or permission of the instructor. Not open to first-year students. Limited to 14 students. Spring semester. Visiting Professor R. Levin.