Landscape Ecology
GPHY 310
300-Level Courses
3 Units
In-person
4
one-way Exclusions
One 2-hour lecture & one 2-hour laboratory per week
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Course Description
Study of the relationship between spatial pattern and ecological processes. Topics include spatial arrangement of ecosystems and its influence on the flow of energy, materials and biota; agents of pattern and change; methods and techniques for characterizing landscapes and detecting change; applications in resource conservation and management.
NOTE Field Trip: estimated cost $30.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe and categorize agents of landscape pattern, including those associated with the physical environment, biotic processes, natural disturbance, and human activities.
- Understand the consequences of landscape pattern on ecosystem processes.
- Apply lessons from landscape ecology to challenges in natural resource management and biodiversity conservation.
- Manipulate geospatial data to conduct a landscape pattern analysis within a geographical information system.