SPECIAL TOPICS: CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGY & ADAPTATION DESCRIPTION: IN THE PAST DECADE, THE ECOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAS EMERGED AS ITS OWN DISCIPLINE. WE WILL READ EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH FROM DIVERSE SUB-DISCIPLINES TO EXPLORE UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND THEORIES. YOU WILL THEN CONSIDER HOW THESE THEORIES APPLY TO YOUR OWN DISCIPLINE. UNDERGRADUATES SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ESRM 201 OR A SIMILAR ECOLOGY COURSE.