Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Describe the factors that contributed to shaping current semi-natural habitats of Ireland, including glacial history, human settlement and management, as well as dispersal of species.
- Understand how ecosystem dynamics and plant adaptations are shaped by environmental constraints and disturbance.
- Utilise principles of landscape ecology for landscape design and biodiversity conservation and restoration.
- Appraise strategies for, and the implications of, landscape management for climate change adaptation and multiple end-uses.