ES 348

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Units: 1.5

Hours: 3-0-0

Also: ER 313

Study of biological organisms and ecosystems with particular reference to mechanisms of change and human impacts on the environment. Focuses on: biodiversity (definition, assessment methods, loss, and evaluation); population biology (concepts and research methods); habitat loss; species extinction; exotic species and their impacts; and possibilities for human intervention in alleviating trends in species loss and ecosystem degradation.

Note:

• Credit will be granted for only one of ES 348, ES 318, ES 320, ER 313, BIOL 370.

Prerequisites:

• ES 200; and
• either BIOL 184 and BIOL 186, or BIOL 190A and BIOL 190B; or
• permission of the school.

Undergraduate course in Environmental Studies offered by the School of Environmental Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences.