BIOL5818 — Biotic Response Climate Change
Many spaces are already responding to climate change, as evidenced by earlier budburst, flowering, and arrival of insects and bird pollinators. In only a few cases can we distinguish between phenotypic responses to longer growing seasons and warmer temperatures (plasticity) and evolutionary change in response to altered patterns of natural selection. Climate change will pose strong evolutionary challenges to native populations. In this course, we will explore the fundamental response of the biota to these changes: extinction, migration, and adaptation. pre-req: graduate student or instructgor consent