PLBIO 2301 - Field Lab in Global Plant Biodiversity and Vegetation

(CU-ITL, CU-UGR)

Multi-semester course: Winter. 2 credits. Multi-term course: R grade only (in progress).

Prerequisite: PLBIO 2300. Permission of instructor required. Students must enroll in PLBIO 2301 to receive a final grade in PLBIO 2302. Offered in Latin America.

K. Nixon.

An intensive three-week field course in Latin America over winter break (most years taken in Patagonia) studying local vegetation and flora and the relationship of vegetation to climate, geography and geology. In the field, students will receive lectures on the vegetation, learn to identify dominant plants, and undertake a directed set of vegetation transects that record species diversity and ecological parameters.

Outcome 1: Interpret the distribution of vegetation in relation to climate and soils.

Outcome 2: Observe carefully in the field, take precise and easily interpretable field notes, conduct collaborative scientific data collection and analysis.

Outcome 3: Identify plant species in the field.

Outcome 4: Exercise specific methods of data collection using ecological transects.