BIOL 4254 Chapter : Syllabus 4254 Fall 2016
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Course: principles of ecology laboratory (biol 4254): fall2016. This is a field work and writing intensive course. Louisiana state university baronh1@lsu. edu; office: 364 life sciences building, 225-578-9082. Prerequisite or co-requisite: principles of ecology (biol 4253), and introduction to statistics (exst 2201) or calculus ii (math 1552) This course is about learning to conduct research with natural populations and. After remedial labs on statistics and graphing, the semester will be divided into three communities. This lab is a practical, but independent extension of the lecture (biol 4253). It is a hands-on course in which students will apply a number of field and analytical techniques to the study of ecological systems. You will recognize many ideas and approaches from lecture examples, but here you will use your knowledge of ecological theory and methodology to conduct real research projects. projects: life tables, island biogeography, and community diversity and stability. All projects will involve field work, data analysis, and report writing.
