BIO 5044 - GIS & Ecology

This course is an examination of the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their application to ecology. Topics include GPS, remote sensing, basic GIS operations, topographic and linear operations, temporal change, spatial interpolation, modeling, and its application to population, community, and landscape ecology. This course consists of three hours of lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Completion of a course in Ecology and a course in Statistics are recommended. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Biology Graduate Program OR Permission of Instructor.

Credit Hours: 4