Terrestrial Ecology

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The student acquires knowledge of the biotic and abiotic processes/interactions that drive the abundance and distribution of organisms (mainly plants) in the terrestrial environment. The student has insight in how different levels of biological organization interact. The student acknowledges the societal relevance of ecology and its links with environmental degradation, agriculture and biological conservation. The student can acquire knowledge present in the scientific literature and can discuss this knowledge based on her/his insight in statistics. The student can perform an integrated study of the vegetation of a site and can report the results. This includes: making releves, taking and processing soil samples, and statistically process the data using bivariate and multivariate statistics. The student can evaluate the scientific process and remediate his/her role when required.