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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 2102 and 2012 (BIOL 3302 recommended). Introduces concepts and mathematical models of population ecology and population genetics. By integrating the ecology and genetics of populations, the course goal is to understand the processes that contribute to microevolution of populations. Topics include demography, metapopulation biology, natural selection, migration, gene flow, and genetic drift. Three hours of lecture per week. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 4182 and 6182.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 2102, and junior standing. This course will provide a basic survey of the ecological issues involved in conservation and management of wild animals. Topics will include population dynamics and regulation, habitat management, endangered species, wildlife legislation, predator-prey interactions, human-wildlife conflicts, sustainable use of wildlife. There will be a strong emphasis on temperate ecosystems, but many examples will be drawn from tropical ecosystems. Use of computer simulation models in wildlife conservation and management will be included. Three hours of lecture per week.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 4202 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course will provide field and laboratory experiences to accompany BIOL 4202. Field trips will emphasize field research techniques, including methods for sampling animal populations and their habitat. Considerable emphasis will be placed on learning to identify common vertebrates of Missouri streams and forests. Laboratory periods will be used to discuss methods of data analysis, computer simulations, as well as further emphasis on identification. Three and one-half hours of lab per week. Several one- to two-day field trips will be required as well.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 2102, 4182, 5192, or equivalent. This course will cover research areas in tropical population, community and ecosystems ecology, with emphasis on interspecies and environment-organism interactions, population control factors, and genetic structure of populations. Topics include the current status and causes of tropical habitat destruction, ongoing attempts to manage those habitats, and development of strategies leading to sustained use of nonrenewable resources. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 4222 and 6222. Three hours of lecture per week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Three biology courses and consent of instructor. Intensive study of the flora and fauna of selected natural areas of North America, including an extended field trip. Details of the field trip and course schedulewill be posted in the Biology Department preceding registration for the term in which the course will be offered. Students will be required to pay costs of travel and of the field trip. This is a laboratory course appropriate for advanced undergraduates and non-thesis Master of Science students. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 4245 and 6245.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 3202 or consent of instructor. This course is generally restricted to students officially enrolled in the Certificate Program in Conservation Biology. The course provides practical experience with conservation or environmental agencies. Specific placement will be selected according to student's interests and career goals as well as availability of agency openings. Course requirements include practical experience and final report on practicum experience.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor; BIOL 2442 and 2443 recommended. A multidisciplinary study of the ocean environment. Topics to include the geology of ocean basins, atmospheric and astronomic effects on the motion of water, chemical and physical properties of sea water, and the adaptations and diversity of marine organisms to their environment. Topics will include the ecology of various benthic and pelagic marine communities and human impact on the world's oceans. Offered in Winter Semester only.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 4382, consent of instructor. An intensive laboratory and field study of selected North American marine communities. Based on a two-week field trip to Florida and offered during the Summer Session I, following the lecture course BIOL 4382 of the preceding winter semester. Students must pay their own travel and living expenses.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 2102 and junior standing. Introduction to avian biology and ecology. Material to be covered will include basic adaptations of anatomy, physiology, and behavior of birds. There will be a strong emphasis on avian ecology and conservation. Specific topics will include flight, reproductive behavior, migration, foraging behavior, community structure, and current conservation concerns. The diversity of birds will be emphasized through comparisons between temperate and tropical regions. Three hours of lecture per week
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 4402 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. This course will introduce students to methods of identifying and studying birds. Labs will almost entirely be comprised of field trips to local areas and will emphasize diversity of birds, adaptations shown by different groups, and means of identification, particularly of birds found in Missouri. Field projects will focus on techniques for censusing birds, sampling foraging behavior, and studying habitat selection. Indoor periods will cover internal and external anatomy of birds. Slides and field trips to the St. Louis Zoo will be used to survey the diversity of birds worldwide. Three and one-half hours of laboratory per week. Longer (e.g., Saturday) field trips will be made when appropriate.
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