BIOL 640. Tropical Biology and Conservation.
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BIOL 640
Tropical Biology and Conservation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Graduate Studies)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Long-term research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will be organized and synthesized to examine historical assembly and ecological maintenance of tropical communities. This synthesis will draw on phylogenetic concepts for historical insight and will examine the probable resilience of these communities to global change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
- Fees: Graduate students requesting registration in the Neotropical Environment Option pay a fee of $892.78. This fee is used to support the costs associated with transportation and housing while in Panama.
- Restriction: students enrolled in Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor
- Fees: Graduate students requesting registration in the Neotropical Environment Option pay a fee of $919.56. This fee is used to support the costs associated with transportation and housing while in Panama.
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