BOT631: Ecosystem Theory and Resource Management

BOT631: Ecosystem Theory and Resource Management

6 credits (40-10-10)

Objectives

To impart knowledge of natural resource management on the basis of ecosystem theories.

Contents

Ecosystem analysis; ecosystem development, function and dynamics; effects of different types of perturbation on ecosystems; productivity of terrestrial ecosystems; biogeochemical cycles; systems analysis and synthesis.

Prerequisite:

BIO301