Geospatial Analysis for Biodiversity Research

4 credits · Graduate

This graduate seminar will provide an introduction to the theory and practice of geospatial analysis for biodiversity research. The course will consist of lectures on the nature of geographic data, representation of geographic information, sources of geospatial data, field sampling, and spatial analysis, modeling, inference, and uncertainty. Lectures will be complemented with reading discussions illustrating current research on biodiversity using geospatial data and analysis. The class will furthermore consist of field activities that will use geographic information science (GIS), remote sensing imagery, global positioning systems (GPS/GNSS), and field sampling to understand patterns of biodiversity across space and time.