Course:GEOS303/Template

Add your introduction here, covering general background information about the your focal country and ecosystems.

Climate and biomes

Images from Wikimedia Commons can be embedded easily. You may also upload your own images.

What are the dominant biomes and ecoregions in your country? What are their climatic and geographic characteristics? (Due Sept 29)

Diversity

Describe patterns of biodiversity and endemism in your country. How have evolution and geography shaped these patterns? (Oct 20)

Human influences

What role have humans historically played in shaping the ecology of the dominant ecosystems in your country? What has been the extent and nature of human influences on its ecology? Discuss the exposure to and observed or future impacts of threats to biodiversity in the context of your country. (Nov 10)

Conservation

Each student should identify one conservation project in the region and analyze it within the context of course discussions – what is the rationale? What are the strategies being employed? Evaluate the program’s success to date in terms of conservation as well as social outcomes. (Dec 1)

References

Please use the Wikipedia reference style. Provide a citation for every sentence, statement, thought, or bit of data not your own, giving the author, year, AND page. For dictionary references for English-language terms, I strongly recommend you use the Oxford English Dictionary. You can reference foreign-language sources but please also provide translations into English in the reference list.

Note: Before writing your wiki article on the UBC Wiki, it may be helpful to review the tips in Wikipedia: Writing better articles.

This Tropical Ecology Resource was created by Course:GEOS303.