ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

Enroll : PBIO 437, call  05171
            PBIO 537, call  05178
Class: Wed. & Fri. 310-500 pm in 417 Porter Hall
Discsussion sections (mandatory attendance!)= Fridays 4-5pm

Instructor: Dr. Kim J. Brown	TA: Peter Schweizer
E: kim.brown@ohio.edu	E: ps128502@ohio.edu
Phone: 593-0405	Phone: 593-1131
Office and lab: 419 Porter	Office: 405 Porter
Office Hours: On request                       (email is the best way to reach me)	Office Hours: M,W 130-3pm

The full syllabus is HERE   

An ANONYMOUS feedback form is HERE  <- honest, this is anonymous, and i will get your email. Try it!

The schedule of topics, required readings, PDFs and lecture links are BELOW

The following timely topics will also be explored with additional readings and in-class:
    * Global climate change (energy issues, greenhouse gases, etc.)
    * Biodiversity:ecosystem function relationships (including invasive species)
    * Mountaintop and subsurface mining, wetland banking and mitigation
    * Forests and fire management
    * Land Use and Land Change / suburbanization
    * Water resources (quantity and quality)
    * Acid/nitrogen/sulfur deposition    
    ... Other? (you are welcome to suggest a topic in the 1st few weeks of class)

Students taking this class will learn Ecosystem Ecology concepts and discuss applications, read journal articles from the primary literature, learn to write reviews of these articles, and practice their skills at concisely presenting summaries of ideas in front of their peers. Students are ENCOURAGED to bring their own spheres of interest and enthusiasm to this course, and to use this course as a means of improving their understanding of their own research systems and ideas.

Required textbook:

Biogeochemistry, 2nd edition, by W. Schlesinger 1997, Academic Press, $58. ISBN=012625155X
Readings from this book are designated "BGC"

Important links:

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