Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour
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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.