STTRDE 142 — Management of Plant and Animal Invasion
This course will provide insight and learning of the invasions that are natural ecological phenomena. Dispersing individuals encounter suitable habitat, establish, spread and evolve. In this way, species have radiated outwards from their origins, colonized distant offshore islands, and species have spread in response to changes in climate. Human-induced invasions of plants, animals and diseases in modern times have dramatically altered the scales of time and distance over which invasions take place. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.