Course description:
This course will focus on one of the top 5 conservation concerns worldwide – the spread, establishment, and impact of invasive species in new locations. Students in the course will become familiar with ecological and evolutionary theories pertaining to species invasions, and with methods for assessing the spread and impacts of invasive species at local and global scales. The course will examine biological invasions at multiple levels, including: (1) ecological impacts and predictors of invasive species establishment and spread (e.g., competition, predation, symbiotic relationships); (2) evolutionary insights of invasions and recipient communities (e.g., founder effects, hybridization, spatial sorting, coevolutionary history; (3) management implications of invasive species establishment and spread (e.g., prevention, mitigation, eradication); and (4) the effects of human-induced global change (e.g., climate change) on the spread of non-native species.
- Opettaja
Veijo Jormalainen