Landscape Ecology

3 credits · Undergraduate

Landscape ecology is the study of spatial variation in ecological and environmental patterns and processes. This course will cover broad topics in landscape ecology with the goal of answering the core questions of how patterns develop on landscapes, how these patterns relate to biotic and abiotic processes, and how these patterns and processes change through time. We will examine the key concepts of ecological flow in landscape mosaics, the interplay between pattern and process, environmental and population dynamics, and landscape conservation and sustainability. We will explore each of these at a variety of spatial scales, from regional to global, and across taxonomic levels, from organisms to ecosystems.