Winter Ecology听2024听(registration opens Oct 30th)
Course Dates: 17听Jan 鈥� 2听Mar听2024
Wed听鈥� 5:00-6:00p,听seven听lectures at Boulder campus starting 17 Jan
Sat & Sun 鈥� 8:30a-1:00p, 1:30-5:00p at Mountain AV名湿 Station (Nederland),听(overnight at MRS Saturday nights)
Sat 鈥� 7:30-8.30pm, at Mountain AV名湿 Station (Nederland)
Mountain AV名湿 Station 鈥� six听weekends. 听Jan听27/28听& Feb 3/4, 10/11, 17/18, 24/25,听Mar 2(Sat only)
Wintertime offers insights into the natural history of organisms and function of ecosystems that are not often appreciated in summer visits to the field.听Winter Ecology听is a survey of physical and biological processes and their interaction in wintertime snow-covered environments.听 Through classwork, fieldwork, and individual projects, we will focus on the dynamics of high-elevation ecosystems in the western US.听 Based from the CU Mountain AV名湿 Station's year-round Moores-Collins Science Lodge, we will spend 6 weekends exploring the ecology of upper montane, subalpine, and alpine landscapes in winter. We will study plant, vertebrate, and microbial adaptations to winter and the dynamics of terrestrial, aquatic, and snowpack environments.听 We will consider how winter processes play a role in 鈥済rowing season鈥� dynamics, shape landscapes, and are important factors in conservation and management of natural resources of the Rocky Mountains.
Instructors:听 Dr. Timothy Kittel, University of Colorado and Lecturer Derek Sweeney, University of Colorado
Location:听 CU Boulder campus (Wed), Mountain AV名湿 Station (weekends), learn about lodging at the MRS here:听/mrs/general-info/setting-and-facilities
Credit:听 3 credit hours in biology (EBIO 4100)
Tuition: $1950听(Includes a bed in a shared room in the Mountain AV名湿 Station Lodge on Saturday nights only)
Prerequisite: One year course work in general biology or environmental science
Questions about staying at the Mountain AV名湿 Station during your course? 听See our听Guide to Visiting and Living at the Station.
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: To register for a class at the CU Mountain AV名湿 Station simply sign up like you would for any other course.听 Go to听听and search for the course name.听 Add the class to your cart and proceed to check out.
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