Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Florida/Tropical Ecology (Fall 2014)/Course description

This is the web page for WIS 3434: The Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Wildlife. This course has three principal objectives: (1) To gain an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological factors that shape patterns of tropical diversity. (2) To learn some of the ways in which humans utilize tropical wildlife. (3) To understand the threats faced by tropical ecosystems and explore alternatives for their conservation. Although examples will be drawn from a variety of tropical ecosystems, the course will focus primarily on the Neotropics.

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