ENVS 470 - Desert Ecology

Institution:

Lincoln Memorial University

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Description:

(4 cr hrs) This course will be a field course intended to impart an appreciation of the desert flora and fauna. In addition to general characteristics of worldwide deserts, flora and fauna and desert communities and physiography will be described for the Great Basin, Mohave, Chihuahuan, and Sonoran Deserts. The primary focus will be the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and Mexico. Various learning activities will take place in New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. Puerto Penasco will be our base of operation in Mexico. This is where the Sonoran Desert Meets the Pacific Ocean (Sea of Cortez). Alternate years

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lmunet.edu

Phone Number:

(423) 869-7089

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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