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Introduction to the course. |
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Pacific Northwest habitats. |
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Changing face of the Pacific Northwest landscape (Geologic
history) |
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Major events shaping this region (Floods, glaciers, lava flows,
humans) |
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Where are animals found? (Ecology and distribution) |
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Trial by tooth and claw - perhaps (Competition) |
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You are what you eat (Feeding and trophic relationships) |
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Molds, mosses, horsetails and pansies with focus on the leafy
greens (Plants) |
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Who are the animals exactly? (Major animal groups) |
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Creepies, wigglies and crawlies (Animals without backbones) |
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Joint-legged critters (Spiders, scorpions, insects and relatives) |
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Dominance and superiority (Insects)
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Saluting animals with backbone (Vertebrates) |
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All the fishes in the sea (and elsewhere) (Fish) |
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Slimy survivors of a lost age (Amphibians) |
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Dinosaurs, scales and feathers (Reptiles) |
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Our fine feathered friends (Birds) |
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Clan of the beak and talon (Raptors) |
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Whoooo is that bird predator of the dark? (Owls) |
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At last, the hairy guys! (Mammals) |
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Vampires and other flying creatures of the night (Bats) |
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Blind, subterranean engineers (Moles and shrews) |
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Small, furry and beady-eyed (Rodents) |
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Antlers by the bushel (Deer, elk and moose) |
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Equal time for horny guys (Bison, goats and sheep) |
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The fang’s the thing (Carnivores) |
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Return of Fang (Dogs and cats)
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Lions, tigers and bears (but mostly bears) (Bears) |
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Conservation issues and endangered species
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Was Darwin right? (Evolution, adaptations and life) |
For a total of 1000 points, course grades will be based on
a class curve of total points taken at the end of the semester.
