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Introduction to Ecosystem Science and Policy

ECS 111

Dr. Olson

23 August 2016

Future Trends: Number of Days T > 90

NYT 21 August 2016

The Long, Hot Summer

What’s in the News?

Climate the Oceans

Florida’s Water Care

Economic Backgrounds

Human Health

Zika Again

Life in the Wild

Problems with National Parks

Defining Ecology

Function of “natural” systems

Anthropogenic modifications

Function ≠ service

How do we define the field of ecology?

Some Definitions:

Ecosystem: a system formed by the interaction of a community of oarganisms and their environment (Random House)

Ecosystem function: The outcome of processes that make an ecosystem exist over some spatial/temporal domain

Ecosystem service: Benefits that accrue to human societies from an ecosystem

Lectures:

Ecosystem Science and Policy: An introduction

Our Society’s Carrying Capacity

Necessary Things

The World’s Biomes

Water

Dirt (Soils and Agriculture)

The Vista of Change

Environmental Movements

Pollution

Fisheries: Food from the Sea

Energy Use and Society

Forest Resources

Conservation of Wild Things

Human Heath and the Ecosystem

Climate and Ecosystems

The Future: Adaptation to Change

Ecosystems in Flux

Books

Lecture: 23 August 2016

More on recent ecological events: What do extreme event create in ecosystems?

Human versus Natural systems: How are these differentiated?

What are chronic versus event related issues in terms of resistance to change and the resilience of an ecosystem?

Some Homework Problems:

In general any question posed in a lecture can be the basis of an essay. These can be short answer (10-30 points) or extended essays with references (50-100 points or more).

Start and analysis of your hometown ecosystem or some other area of interest.

Review on of the recent events covered in this lecture or other issues.