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BIOL 416 - Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change

Investigation of the factors controlling whole ecosystem processes such as productivity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling. Application of these concepts to current issues in global change, including the carbon cycle and global warming, land use change, nitrogen-loading, and biodiversity and ecosystem function. Lectures and textbook reading are integrated with discussion of papers from the primary literature.

Prerequisites & Notes:
BIOL 325 or ESCI 325; BIOL 326 recommended.

Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L

Sciences and Technology
Biology


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