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Course Discription |
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Introduction to ecosystems: carbon sources and skins in modern biosphere; human impacts on the nitrogen cycle; human population dynamics and the environment. Ecosystem health: biodiversity; habitat invasion; invading species; overexploitation; pollution; conservation biology; restoration ecology; rangeland and protected areas management. Agro-ecosystem management; sustainable agriculture; crop genetic engineering. Biomedicine issues: infectious diseases; antibiotic resistance; aerobiology and allergy. |