ENSC220

An exploration ofthe field of ecology, with emphasis on ecosystem function and structure, biodiversity, interrelationships of plant and animal communities, population dynamics, biogeography, and a survey of representative ecosystems. The co-requisite laboratory introduces students to the ecology and natural history of forest ecosystems in New Jersey, with a focus on the basic skills used by field
ecologists to identify organisms and study ecological phenomena. This course is cross listed with BIOL220.