Landscape Ecology.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: ENVS 421 or ENVS 521 ; and ENVS 343 or ENVS 543 . This class provides a foundation in the major concepts and applications of landscape ecology as a framework for research, analysis and management. Topics covered will include the causes of landscape pattern, quantifying landscape pattern, spatial statistics, the effects of landscape pattern on organisms and ecological processes, and using landscape ecology to inform conservation.