Learning Outcomes:
The students will:
• have basic understanding of the relationship of plants with their environment;
• know the influence of abiotic and biotic stress factors on the ecosystems;
• be able to design simple experiments to validate the impact of abiotic and biotic stress factors on single plant populations, communities and ecosystems;
• acquire skills in the autonomous dealing with actual research literature about Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum;
• be able to present and discuss results of state-of-the-art academic research on the impact of stress on single plants, populations, communities and ecosystems.