PLSCI 2301

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PLSCI 2301
Field Lab in Global Plant Biodiversity and Vegetation

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

An intensive three-week field course in Latin America over winter break (most years taken in Patagonia) studying local vegetation and flora and the relationship of vegetation to climate, geography and geology. In the field, students will receive lectures on the vegetation, learn to identify dominant plants, and undertake a directed set of vegetation transects that record species diversity and ecological parameters.


Prerequisites PLSCI 2300.

Exploratory Studies (CU-ITL, CU-UGR)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025WI, 2024WI, 2023WI, 2020WI

Learning Outcomes

  • Interpret the distribution of vegetation in relation to climate and soils.
  • Observe carefully in the field, take precise and easily interpretable field notes, conduct collaborative scientific data collection and analysis.
  • Identify plant species in the field.
  • Exercise specific methods of data collection using ecological transects.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Multi-Term

  •  1134 PLSCI 2301   FLD 801

    • Jan 3 - Jan 16, 2026

    • Gandolfo Nixon, M

      Marx, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in Patagonia. Class travels to Patagonia (Chile) on January 2 and returns on January 17, 2026. Students must enroll in PLSCI 2302 during the spring semester to receive a final grade.

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