LATEST   CHANGES: 15 August 2008

University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill

Vertebrate Field Zoology Lab -- BIOL 277L

[A FRIENDLY 'MANDER!]

IF YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE ... WATCH THIS SITE FOR UPDATES!

Field trip schedule 2008 (tentative!)

INFORMATION FOR REGISTRATION

NOTE THAT BIOL 277 IS A COREQUISITE FOR BIOL 277L
... so you must be enrolled in the lectures when you take the lab

FIELD TRIPS TO MASON FARM BIOLOGICAL RESERVE
IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

Friday, 1:00 DEPARTURE, 3:50 RETURN

  • email an instructor if you need to change dates!
  • long pants, sturdy footwear, insect repellent (off trails, poison ivy, brambles)

    [A MEAN SWAN!]

    MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ...

    Lab and field trip schedule 2008

    What to expect on field trips

    Contact instructors

    Names and faces!
    (SOON!)

    DATA FROM FIELD TRIPS IN PREVIOUS YEARS
    2007   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000

    TRENDS IN SALAMANDER POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
    A contribution of Biology 277L (formerly 72L) field trips!

    ADULT AND YOUNG TUNDRA SWANS AT LAKE MATTAMUSKEET
    November 1998-2007

    PHOTO GALLERY
    NOVEMBER 2007   (Thanks to Jonathan, Caitlin, Jamie)
    SEPTEMBER 2007   (Thanks to Jonathan, Caitlin, Jamie)
    SEPTEMBER 2006   (Thanks to Jonathan, Caitlin, Jamie)
    SEPTEMBER 2005   (Thanks to Alan and Jonathan!)
    SEPTEMBER 2005 -- MORE
    SEPTEMBER 2003   (Thanks to Tom, Valerie, and Kate!)
    NOVEMBER 2001

    MASON FARM BIOLOGICAL RESERVE 2001 -- PHOTOS!

    OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION . . .

    Places we will visit! Vertebrates we might see!

    Field assistantships / Internships!

    This laboratory is for students who want to learn about biology outdoors.

    • We will do our best to . . .

    [A FRIENDLY 'MANDER!]

    find some of the animals discussed in the lectures

    witness two of North America's great vertebrate spectacles

    discuss evolution ... ecology ... behavior ... conservation

    Fridays, 1:00-3:50 ... plus a weekend trip to the coast ... fall semesters only!