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EV507: Ecosystem Science
Semester 1 and Spring | Credits: 5
This module explores how the ecosystem can be assessed from a number of different perspectives including; i.e. geology, hydrology, soils, biodiversity, etc. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the connections between these parameters with a view to producing an overall integrated ecosystem assessment procedure.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the influence of abiotic factors such as geology and hydrology on the ecology of the ecosystem
- Interrelate different parameters that comprise an ecosystem
- Differentiate between a number of different ecosystem types
- Examine ecosystem function and apprise ecosystem services provided
- Identify and assess main landscape features
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- CAITRIONA CARLIN:
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- GESCHE KINDERMANN:
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Reading List
- "Environmental science – Earth as a living planet" by Botkin, D.B. & Keller, E.A.
- "Ireland. New Naturalist Library." by Cabot, D.
- "Ecological concepts, pp. 43-78. British Ecological Society" by Cherrett, J.M.
Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishing - "Linking Geology and Biodiversity" by English Nature
- "Principles and methods in landscape ecology" by Farina, A
- "Land mosaics – The ecology of landscapes and regions." by Forman, T. R.T
Publisher: Cambridge University Press - "The making of the Irish landscape since the ice age" by Hall, V.
Publisher: Collins Press. - "Collins Press." by Holland, C.H. & Sanders, I.S.
Publisher: Edinburgh: Dunedin Press. - "Millennium ecosystem assessment" by n/a
Publisher: Island Press - "Ecology: The experimental analysis of distribution and abundance." by Krebs, C.J.
Publisher: Pearson Education. - "Measuring biological diversity." by Magurran, A. E.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.