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Plant Ecosystem Processes - BIOS3061
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Examines interactions of plants with their soil and atmospheric environments; plant growth and decomposition processes; cycling of carbon, water and nutrients in plant ecosystems; the 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; the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon budget; relating vegetation to climate.

Note: A field excursion to the Snowy Mountains during Orientation-Week of Session 1 is compulsory and will involve expense to individual students.

Assumed Knowledge: BIOS2051

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