GEOG 3431 is also offered in Spring 2025
GEOG 3431 is also offered in Spring 2024
GEOG 3431 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2024 | GEOG 3431 Section 001: Plant and Animal Geography (67344)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- (Biol 1001 or 1009 or equiv) or Geog 1403
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The landscape is shaped by complex interactions among plants, animals, and the physical environment. Where, when, and why different organisms live and interact where they do is influenced by myriad interacting forces. This course aims to provide an opportunity to investigate some specific patterns on the landscape by examining changes over time and space, and among communities comprised of multiple species assemblages. In this course, we will explore a variety of topics, depending on student interests and skills, that relate to biogeography and interactions among the landscape and people. We will examine the different factors that influence population change and examine species interactions, including concepts of keystone species, disturbance/landscape ecology, and species conservation approaches. Principally, we will complete readings and activities that touch on emerging issues in biogeography such as pathways to improving public land management, the incorporation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) into ecological restoration plans, wilderness and federal lands policy, and the increasing challenge of invasive species.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67344/1243
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