Prerequisites: BIOL 116 or BPSC 146; STAT 231A; or consent of instructor
Description: Introduces landscape ecology both as a sub-discipline of ecology and an interdisciplinary approach for environmental research. Includes identification of spatial patterns, pattern-process relationships, and scaling. Analyzes population, community, and ecosystem dynamics in connection with landscape functioning. Evaluates landscape theory and methods for applications in species conservation, pollution, and climate changes. Jenerette