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Undergraduate Course: Ecosystem Processes, Biodiversity and Climate Change (GEGR10024)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryOne of the great challenges in biogeography and ecological science today is to understand ecosystem-environment interactions and the consequent responses by ecosystems to environmental change. The outcomes of studies addressing this subject provide urgently-needed information relevant to our management of local and global resources. The course will begin with a review of processes in vegetation and soils, and will also cover methods in measurement and modelling. This functional approach will provide a platform from which we consider the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem processes in the context of climate change.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Environmental Sensitivity and Change (GEGR08001) AND Geomorphology (GEGR08002)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
1. To develop a knowledge that integrates some of the principal areas of ecosystem processes, biodiversity and climate change.
2. To introduce the study of how ecosystems function
3. To understand the terrestrial carbon cycle and how it is quantified
4. To critically assess the connections between biodiversity and ecosystem function
5. To assess potential future effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem function
6. To consider critically the interactions among development, ecosystem processes and climate change using a case study approach from contemporary literature
7. To consider links among climate, atmospheric carbon dioxide and international policy
8. To learn to use an interdisciplinary scientific literature, to develop transferable skills in critical writing, in oral and visual presentation, and in teamwork
9. To practise making judgements where information is limited or comes from a range of sources
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Patrick Meir
Tel: (0131 6)50 2521
Email: PMeir@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk
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