Faculty First Year Seminars 197BIO1 - NE Wildlife Natrl Hist & Consv

This seminar will explore the natural history and conservation biology of New England vertebrate wildlife. We will learn about the historical ecology of the New England landscape from the end of the last ice age to the present. This historical perspective will focus on how the natural landscape has changed due to both natural and human caused mechanisms. In response to changes in the landscape came changes in the populations of wildlife. In addition to landscape changes, wildlife has also responded to many human caused stressors (over-exploitation, pesticides, habitat degradation). We will explore how different species responded to these stressors and what steps humans have taken to try and conserve the landscape and the species inhabiting it.

Freshmen Only