BIOL 416

Terrestrial Ecosystems

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Fall 2023

Topics

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distinguish it from lower hierarchical levels such as community and population ecology
ecosystems including farm-types, especially in the context of how soil-plant
relationships influence farmers’ crop choices and agricultural practices
connecting agroecosystem ecology and global food supply/demand
Develop an original, cohesive, synthesis essay/media presentation on the distinctive
concepts of ecosystem-level ecology that would be most useful in developing and
Development
Learning

Winter 2022

undergraduate level ecology course is focused on plant-soil interactions as being a fundamental
determinant of the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems around the world. As a
question: What specific terrestrial ecosystem-level ecology concepts would be most beneficial to
Soil development
Soil transformations
Soil physical and chemical properties
The biology of soils
Population ecology
Relationships
Synthesis

2019-2020

undergraduate level ecology course is focused on plant-soil interactions as being a fundamental
determinant of the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems around the world. As a
fundamentally distinctive concepts does ecosystem-level ecology provide that are essential in
Soil development
Soil transformations
Soil physical and chemical properties
The biology of soils
Population ecology
Relationships
Synthesis

2018-2019

undergraduate level ecology course is focused on plant-soil interactions as being a fundamental
determinant of the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems around the world. As a
fundamentally distinctive concepts does ecosystem-level ecology provide that are essential in
Soil development
Soil transformations
Soil physical and chemical properties
The biology of soils
Population ecology
Relationships
Synthesis

2016-2017

2014-2015

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