Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
6503YAUBIO-SEP-PAR
Aims
Ecology is an applied science that studies the relationship between living things and their natural social environment. It mainly studies the structure, function, regulation and management of the ecosystem composed of organisms and their environment. The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the general knowledge, theories and methods of ecology; and provides the opportunity to apply the principles and methods of ecology to analyse the resources and ecological problems of the ecosystem and the ways of system optimisation.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Examine the structural and functional characteristics of the ecosystem, and to clarify the characteristics and interrelationships of the natural environment, artificial environment and biological components on the whole system.
2.
Explain the principles of ecology, and discuss the theory and technology of building efficient ecosystem.
3.
Examine the core of ecosystem biology, study the interaction and interaction rules between organisms and environment from individual, population and community level, and discuss the theory and technology of establishing reasonable biological structure.
4.
Analyse the three levels of ecosystem regulation, and discuss the regulation mechanism and technical points.
5.
Discuss the development track of agroecosystem, the classification and characteristics of agricultural resources, and the main ways of environmental pollution. Discuss the principle and main technology of ecological agriculture in China.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The main contents of the module include the structure of ecosystem, the function of ecosystem - energy flow, the logistics of ecosystem, the information and capital flow of ecosystem, resource utilisation and environmental protection, the ecological track of development, and ecological agriculture in China.
Additional Information:The module is designed for students to study the structure, function, regulation and management of the ecosystem composed of organisms and their environment.