{"id":249,"date":"2015-08-05T14:25:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2015-08-26T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:00:52","slug":"biological-diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/courses\/biological-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"BIO 106 Biological Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3333ff\">BIO 106\u00a0 Biological Diversity<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #3333ff\">3-2-4<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Evolutionary relationships of major taxonomic groups&#8212;bacteria, protozoans, fungi, plants, and animals.\u00a0Conservation of endangered species and communities.\u00a0Laboratory includes collection and study of organisms on the Berry College Campus.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #3333ff\">Course Description<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This course introduces the science of systematics, and the concepts of evolution and species.\u00a0Lectures include a broad overview of the earth&#8217;s biota. At the same time, students survey the organisms of Berry College&#8217;s campus.\u00a0The final part of the course introduces the budding science of conservation biology, including extinction, endangered species, and the ethics of preserving biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>The course is divided into four parts:<\/p>\n<p>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Introduction<br \/>\nII.\u00a0 Evolution<br \/>\nIII. Life on Earth<br \/>\nIV. Conservation Biology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/08\/birdwatch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-205\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/08\/birdwatch-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"birdwatch\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/08\/birdwatch-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/08\/birdwatch.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Allena Stevens and David Crook identify birds in BIO 106.<br \/>\nPhoto by Kevin Qualls, Rome News-Tribune, 20 October 1998.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Last Updated 1 February 2008<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #3333ff\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #3333ff\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/facultyweb.berry.edu\/jgraham\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><u>Return to John Graham&#8217;s Home Page<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><u> <\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIO 106\u00a0 Biological Diversity\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03-2-4 Evolutionary relationships of major taxonomic groups&#8212;bacteria, protozoans, fungi, plants, and animals.\u00a0Conservation of endangered species and communities.\u00a0Laboratory includes collection and study of organisms on the Berry College [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":246,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions\/373"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}