Ecosystem Health.

Catalog description

Ecosystem Health refers to the state or condition of the dynamic attributes of an ecosystem and the links of ecosystem functioning to human health. Students in this course will learn to assess the health of ecosystem components, processes and services including climate, soil, nutrient cycles, and species relationships, and evaluate the role of humans in changing these processes. Additionally, the course will investigate the relationship between ecosystem and human health through the discussion of topics ranging from sustainable agriculture, zoonotic disease emergence, pollution, and human population growth. Prerequisite: BIOL 351 .