Browse Hierarchy GEOG5011: Biogeography

This module is designed to introduce the scientific background to biogeography and ecosystem research across a range of spatial and temporal scales. With a primary focus on terrestrial and freshwater environments, the module will explore species' distribution and ecosystem processes in response to past, current and future environmental changes. This module is heavily influenced by current global research developments. Where possible, topics for lectures and coursework will be based upon recent scientific publications, and the researcher-led case study lectures will be driven by on-going staff projects. Students electing to take this module will be introduced to key concepts and techniques in this varied and rapidly evolving field. Biogeography and ecology is a specialist area of physical geography, the study of which has crucial insights to offer regarding many current global challenges such as conservation, climate change and human impacts.