What could be better than dreaming of the tropics during the Winter in Michigan?
Next term, Winter 2014, I will be teaching Neotropical Plants, with Aaron Iverson as my grad student counterpart (GSI). Course number is EEB 463.
This is a great course for those interested in tropical field work, plant morphological characteristics, plant systematics, and downright good tropical experiences. Aaron and I have a combined 35 years of tropical experience (we wont divulge who has what proportion) and we are nuts about plants and using them to answer interesting question in biogeography, systematics, and biodiversity.
The course is 3 credits, with a one 2-hour lab. We take a 4 day field trip to Missouri Botanical Garden, the closest place to Michigan with a gigantic tropical greenhouse. When you complete the course, you will should have the ability to recognize the most important plant families in the neotropics, on sight. We teach using the most useful neotropical field guide -one that will be of use just about anywhere south of the US southern border. You will gain experience in extracting information from databases of neotropical plants, remote herbaria, and pressed dried herbarium specimens: a resource that can be reused again and again.
Class meets Wednesday 1-4 and Friday 1-2:30. We'd love to have you with us.
Robyn & Aaron
