Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3DescriptionThis course accompanies NHIS 5 Natural History of the Neotropics and represents the application of concepts presented in that course. Laboratory work will include field explorations through various habitats such as tropical forests, riparian systems, coasts, and reefs. Activities will include, species collections and identification, habitat characterization and data collection techniques, analysis and their synthesis to evaluate the quality of a given habitat. In support of habitat activities, map reading will be introduced as well as sampling methods and their statistical differences. Neotropical natural resources, especially their exploitation, will be considered in terms of impacts to habitat quality, local economies and the global carbon cycle with an effort to identify sustainable practices that support bioconservation. (CSU/UC transferable) 