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FRAGILE ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS

Learning Objectives

 

You will ...    You will learn to ... explore the fates of organisms at the individual and the community level in relation to alpine disturbances   assign special adaptations to plants and animals which may help them to survive under differing disturbance regimes     recognize important aspects of the disturbance regime in alpine environments   derive the ecological consequences of disturbance   evaluate the impact of humans on patterns of disturbance in alpine environments

You will understand ...     You will be able to ... why disturbances are of special importance in alpine ecosystems   the interactions between different types of disturbance and vegetation   the problems of increasing human activity in alpine regions     name the most important types of disturbances in the alpine environment and their ecological consequences   explain which adaptations favour organisms in particular disturbance regimes   explain how different disturbances interact and how these interactions change the effects on the community/ecosystem   evaluate how disturbances occurring at different spatial and temporal scales affect ecological patterns and processes   evaluate how increasing human impact interferes with natural disturbance regimes and how it is likely to influence the development of alpine environments

 

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