Offered in alternate years. A survey of bird diversity focussing on the morphology, systematics, behaviour, and ecology of the major groups. Laboratories feature extensive use of departmental collections, with an emphasis on Alberta species. Offered in alternate years. A survey of mammal diversity focussing on the morphology, systematics, behavior, and ecology of the major groups.
Laboratories feature extensive use of departmental collections, with an emphasis on Alberta species.
Offered in alternate years. Evolution, distribution, and classification of terrestrial arthropods, with exphasis on hexapods. Students practice identification using museum collections, build keys and databases, and make a substantive collection of regional insects. Design, execution, analysis, and presentation of field problems in behavioral, population, and community ecology in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Field problems and independent projects will take place during the two weeks preceding the Fall term at a field station off the main campus.