Tropical Ecology Course Online

Course Description: This course explores ecology and conservation with a focus on tropical forests. 

The textbook: John Kricher's Tropical Ecology

This page: Going to paste links to my lectures, a reading list, and random stuff. Assignments and readings will be through the portal. I'm making this public so anyone can see what is taught in the course. 

Topics 

• The stage
• Biomes of the world and their drivers
• Major habitats within the tropics 
• Global diversity and history of tropical forests 
• The players: Tour of tropical diversity 
• Plants and Forests 
• Fungi 
• Invertebrates 
• Vertebrates 
• Fish 
• Amphibians and Reptiles 
• Mammals 
• Archosaurs
• The ecological play 
• Ecosystem services
• Nutrient cycling 
• Disturbances 
• Predation and coevolution in the tropics
• Threats to tropical forests 
• Conservation in the tropics 
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Reading list for the tropical ecologist (or enthusiast)

• Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle - Could be called "Tales of a twenty-year old naturalist" 
• The Shaman's Apprentice - if you dig ethnobotany, this is a must
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