UNSW Handbook Course - Plant Ecosystem Processes

Plant Ecosystem Processes - BIOS3061


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
	Contact: Hyde,Geoffrey Joseph
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Interactions of plants with their soil and atmospheric environments. Plant growth and decomposition processes. Cycling of carbon, water and nutrients in plant ecosystems. Role of fungi in ecosystems. Mineral nutrition and water uptake in plants. Root systems. Plant strategies for improving mineral nutrition. The role of symbiosis in mineral nutrition. Impacts of global change on vegetation. Role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon budget. Relating vegetation to climate.

Assumed Knowledge: BIOS2051

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