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Dr. Christopher A. Lepczyk
Landscape ecology is typically described as ‘the effect of pattern on process.’ Over the course of the semester, this graduate level course will discuss the history, theoretical underpinnings, and contemporary views of landscape ecology. Topics will include, but are not limited to, scale and hierarchy theory, land cover and land use, the role of remote sensing and GIS for landscape analysis, landscape metrics, disturbance regimes, land tenure and management, landscape change, the relationship of landscapes to species distributions and abundances, and landscape modeling. Landscape ecology is inherently interdisciplinary and integrates broadly across the physical and social sciences. Readings will come from both the primary literature and text books.
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