BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:db0a922259af9e682c5c0702b7a9e518195 CATEGORIES:Course SUMMARY:Comparative Temperate/ Tropical Ecology - Highland & Wildsumaco Biological Stations DESCRIPTION:
An introductory exploration of the ecology and biogeo graphy of temperate-zone and tropical biodiversity hotspots, from the south ern Appalachians to Andean Ecuador. Based at two mountain biological field stations (Highlands Biological Station in Highlands, NC and Wildsumaco Biol ogical Station, Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador), we will take a field-ba sed comparative approach to exploring southern Appalachian and Amazonian An dean montane ecology and biogeography in the spirit of the explorer-natural ists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. We will consider the geolo gical context of the Appalachians and Andes, comparative biogeography / eco logy of these respective regions in terms of the ecological and historical factors that shape their biota, big-picture patterns of latitudinal and ele vational diversity gradients, principles of forest community structure and function, and examine comparative species composition and interactions in s elected groups as well as soil structure and microbiota.
https://highlandsbiological.org/2022-academic-course-schedule/
CONTACT:James Costa (costa@email.wcu.edu) DTSTAMP:20240328T153806 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220710T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR