Course Objectives
The students:
- learn the basic concepts in ecology at the individual, population, community and global scales,
- understand the mechanisms behind interactions between individuals, populations and species,
- interactions of organisms with the abiotic environment,
- can describe biodiversity and how to measure it at different levels,
- can describe nutrient and energy cycling in ecosystems,
- understand the mechanisms behind major environmental problems such as climate change, pollution, habitat destruction and degradation, invasive species
- can define sustainable natural use and problems related to this concept,
- discuss the main drivers that underlie the efficient functioning of an ecosystem.