BIOL 478 Alpine Ecology
Ecology of the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, with particular attention to the adaptation of plant and animal life to the montane climates and altitudes, and analysis and interpretation of altitudinal zonation of biotic communities with applications to latitudinal biogeography. The course also examines physiological responses of organisms to reduced oxygen levels, low temperatures and high altitude radiation regimes. Field work includes on0site studies in the Olympic Mountains of the Olympic Peninsula.