Ecology course announcement: Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to study Ecology at the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. This Ecology course is offered annually during May Session and provides a unique opportunity to learn about population, community, and ecosystem ecology at a productive (in more ways than one!) field research site. Cedar Creek contains an exceptional diversity of plants and animals, partly because it is at the meeting point of three of the largest biomes in North America: the northern boreal forest, the eastern deciduous forest, and the Great Plains grasslands and savannas. Here students will visit current experiments, including studies that test how biodiversity loss affects ecosystems and whether climate change will speed up or slow down, work with data from ongoing studies, and collaborate with other students to develop a field ecology group project.
Meeting Dates: May 21 – June 8, 2018 Lecture Times: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Lab Times: Morning (8:00 am to 11:00 am) or afternoon (1:00 to 4:00 pm) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Meeting Location: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, 2660 Fawn Lake Drive NE, East Bethel, MN 55005 Credits: 3 Undergraduate students should register for EEB 3407. Graduate students should register for EEB 5407. Instructor: Dr. Forest Isbell ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, +1-612-301-2601) Course credits are transferable to most colleges and universities. We welcome students from around the United States and the world. Instruction is in English. Students can commute to Cedar Creek each day from the Twin Cities or live on site during the course. Lodging space is limited, however. Please direct requests for lodging to Megan Lauzon ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>). If you are a current University of Minnesota student, you may register online for Summer 2018 courses beginning March 1, 2018 in accordance with the registration schedule. If you are not a current UMN student, then please follow the instructions for non-degree students on the One Stop website <https://onestop.umn.edu/academics/take-class-non-degreeguest-student> to register beginning March 8, 2018 and send a copy of your transcript (unofficial is acceptable) to the course instructor, Dr. Forest Isbell ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>). Forest Isbell Associate Director Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Assistant Professor Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior University of Minnesota Isbell Lab: z.umn.edu/isbell
