*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter "...examine how and why ecosystems vary spatially and the impact of human activity, such as deforestation and agriculture, on the physical environment...consider the nature of environmental change" - Royal Holloway University Lecture Summary (2) Revis...
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*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions Topics covered: stability and diversity, environmental factors controlling stability, alternative views
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*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 5 - Ecosystems and environmental change Topics covered: predicted future impacts on ecosystem processes, ecosystem responses Recommended Reading Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions To...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 5 - Ecosystems and environmental change Topics covered: predicted future impacts on ecosystem processes, ecosystem responses Recommended Reading Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions To...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics Covered: reading list Recommended Reading included Lecture 5 - Ecosystem and environmental change Topics covered: IPCC 4th Assessment, current changes, predicted changes...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics Covered: reading list Recommended Reading included Lecture 5 - Ecosystem and environmental change Topics covered: IPCC 4th Assessment, current changes, predicted changes...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics covered: nutrient storing, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics covered: nutrient storing, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covered: secondary vs primary Recommended Reading included Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics covered: biochemical cycling Recommended reading...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covered: secondary vs primary Recommended Reading included Lecture 4 - Ecosystem dynamics - the nature of nutrient cycling Topics covered: biochemical cycling Recommended reading...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covered: succession, primary and secondary, directions for succession, disturbance theory Recommended reading available at Lecture 3 continued & Lecture 4
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covered: succession, primary and secondary, directions for succession, disturbance theory Recommended reading available at Lecture 3 continued & Lecture 4
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Ecosystem Dynamics - Primary and secondary productions Topics covered: endotherms, what is a sustainable biome, human manipulation Recommended Reading included Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covere...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Ecosystem Dynamics - Primary and secondary productions Topics covered: endotherms, what is a sustainable biome, human manipulation Recommended Reading included Lecture 3 - Ecosystem succession and human disturbance Topics covere...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Ecosystem dynamics - primary and secondary production Topics covered: primary producers, measuring production, secondary producers, efficiency Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lecture 3
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Ecosystem dynamics - primary and secondary production Topics covered: primary producers, measuring production, secondary producers, efficiency Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lecture 3
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Global biogeography - what controls the distribution of the world's biomes? Topics covered: temperate forest, tundra Recommended reading included Lecture 2 - Ecosystem dynamics - Primary and secondary production Topics covered: ...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Global biogeography - what controls the distribution of the world's biomes? Topics covered: temperate forest, tundra Recommended reading included Lecture 2 - Ecosystem dynamics - Primary and secondary production Topics covered: ...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Global biogeography - what controls the distribution of the world's biomes? Topics covered: terminology, latitudinal diversity gradient, tropical forest, savanna, arid, mediterranean, temperate grassland Recommended reading avail...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Global biogeography - what controls the distribution of the world's biomes? Topics covered: terminology, latitudinal diversity gradient, tropical forest, savanna, arid, mediterranean, temperate grassland Recommended reading avail...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2012 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: global biogeography, ecosystem dynamics, ecosystem succession and human disturbance, nutrient cycling, e...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2012 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: global biogeography, ecosystem dynamics, ecosystem succession and human disturbance, nutrient cycling, e...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on biogeography and environmental systems: distribution of biomes, primary and secondary production, ecosystem succession, nutrient cycling, environmental change, ecosystem stability. Includes recommended readings (available ...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on biogeography and environmental systems: distribution of biomes, primary and secondary production, ecosystem succession, nutrient cycling, environmental change, ecosystem stability. Includes recommended readings (available ...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summary of text: Middleton (2003) 'The global casino: an introduction to environmental issues', Chapter 3: Sustainable development
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summary of text: Middleton (2003) 'The global casino: an introduction to environmental issues', Chapter 3: Sustainable development
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Reading summaries from texts: Pianka (1966) 'Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts', American Naturalist, 100, 33-46 Thomas (2008) 'The Biosphere', in Holden, 'An introduction to physical geography and the environ...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Reading summaries from texts: Pianka (1966) 'Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts', American Naturalist, 100, 33-46 Thomas (2008) 'The Biosphere', in Holden, 'An introduction to physical geography and the environ...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summaries of texts: Furley (1997) 'Plant ecology, soil environments and dynamic change in tropical savannas', Progress in Physical Geography, 21, 257-284 Pianka (1966) ' Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts', A...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Summaries of texts: Furley (1997) 'Plant ecology, soil environments and dynamic change in tropical savannas', Progress in Physical Geography, 21, 257-284 Pianka (1966) ' Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of concepts', A...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 3 - Global warming and agricultural futures Topics covered: agricultural impacts of climate change, key impacts of climate change, vulnerability of agriculture to climate change. Recommended ...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 3 - Global warming and agricultural futures Topics covered: agricultural impacts of climate change, key impacts of climate change, vulnerability of agriculture to climate change. Recommended ...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 3 - Global warming and agricultural futures Topics covered: vulnerability and risk in farming systems, adaptation, food security. Recommended reading included (some available to download in t...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 3 - Global warming and agricultural futures Topics covered: vulnerability and risk in farming systems, adaptation, food security. Recommended reading included (some available to download in t...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 9 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 2 - Humid tropical deforestation Topics covered: attitudes to rainforests Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the bios...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 9 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 2 - Humid tropical deforestation Topics covered: attitudes to rainforests Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 10 - Contemporary issues in the bios...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 9 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 2 - Humid tropical deforestation Topics covered: reasons for degradation, causes of deforestation, consequences of deforestation Recommended reading available at Lecture 9 continued & Lecture ...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 9 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere 2 - Humid tropical deforestation Topics covered: reasons for degradation, causes of deforestation, consequences of deforestation Recommended reading available at Lecture 9 continued & Lecture ...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 8 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere - natural and human interactions Topics covered - symptoms of land degradation, reducing degradation Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 9 - Conte...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 8 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere - natural and human interactions Topics covered - symptoms of land degradation, reducing degradation Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 9 - Conte...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics covered: reading Recommended Reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 8 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere - natural and human i...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics covered: reading Recommended Reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 8 - Contemporary issues in the biosphere - natural and human i...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics covered: climate change and population, feedback mechanisms, non-sustainability Recommended reading available at Lecture 7 continued & Lecture 8
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity and human needs Topics covered: climate change and population, feedback mechanisms, non-sustainability Recommended reading available at Lecture 7 continued & Lecture 8
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions Topics covered: Reading Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity a...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 6 - Ecosystem stability - the concept of stability under changing conditions Topics covered: Reading Recommended reading included (some available to download in this module) Lecture 7 - Harvesting the ecosystem - carrying capacity a...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2011,13,14 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: harvesting ecosystems, humid tropical deforestation, natural and human interactions, global warmin...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2011,13,14 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: harvesting ecosystems, humid tropical deforestation, natural and human interactions, global warmin...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on biogeography part 2: harvesting the ecosystem, natural and human interactions, humid tropical deforestation, global warming and agricultural futures. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on biogeography part 2: harvesting the ecosystem, natural and human interactions, humid tropical deforestation, global warming and agricultural futures. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2011,14 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: dating the past, abrupt climate change, the last interglacial, evolution, adaptation and extinction.
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2011,14 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: dating the past, abrupt climate change, the last interglacial, evolution, adaptation and extinction.
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Based on previous exam questions (2012,13 &15), breakdowns of key themes and theory needed to answer these questions. These themes include: proxies and archives, climate pacemakers
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*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on environmental change: introduction, climate pacemakers, proxies and archives. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on environmental change: introduction, climate pacemakers, proxies and archives. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on environmental change part 2: dating the past, the last interglacial-glacial cycle, abrupt climate change, evolution, adaption and extinction. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture summary on environmental change part 2: dating the past, the last interglacial-glacial cycle, abrupt climate change, evolution, adaption and extinction. Includes recommended readings (available to download in this module).
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Environmental Change - An introduction to environmental change Topics covered: terminology, concerns about future climate change, why focus on the quaternary, glacials Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lectur...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1 - Environmental Change - An introduction to environmental change Topics covered: terminology, concerns about future climate change, why focus on the quaternary, glacials Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lectur...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1- Environmental Change - an introduction to environmental change Topics covered: interglacials, reading Recommended reading include Lecture 2 - Environmental Change - Climate pacemakers Topics covered: development of quaternary sci...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 1- Environmental Change - an introduction to environmental change Topics covered: interglacials, reading Recommended reading include Lecture 2 - Environmental Change - Climate pacemakers Topics covered: development of quaternary sci...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Environmental Change - Climate Pacemakers Topics covered: obliquity, precession, problems with Milankovitch theory, deep sea sediments Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lecture 3
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Environmental Change - Climate Pacemakers Topics covered: obliquity, precession, problems with Milankovitch theory, deep sea sediments Recommended reading available at Lecture 2 continued & Lecture 3
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Environmental Change -climate pacemakers Topics covered: validating orbital theory, reading Recommended reading included Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: climate data, proxies, archive...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 2 - Environmental Change -climate pacemakers Topics covered: validating orbital theory, reading Recommended reading included Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: climate data, proxies, archive...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: ocean sediments, long archives, ice core records, loess, lake sequences Recommended reading available at Lecture 3 continued & Lecture 4
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: ocean sediments, long archives, ice core records, loess, lake sequences Recommended reading available at Lecture 3 continued & Lecture 4
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past -Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: reading Recommended reading included Lecture 4 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and archives II Topics covered: biological proxies, pollen production and uses, l...
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 3 - Reconstructing the past -Proxies and Archives I Topics covered: reading Recommended reading included Lecture 4 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and archives II Topics covered: biological proxies, pollen production and uses, l...
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Reconstructing the past -Proxies and archives II Topics covered: plant macrofossils, diatoms, colleoptera, vertebrates, strengths and weaknesses of biological proxies, geomorphic proxies, moraines
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Add to cart*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Reconstructing the past -Proxies and archives II Topics covered: plant macrofossils, diatoms, colleoptera, vertebrates, strengths and weaknesses of biological proxies, geomorphic proxies, moraines
*All profits donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement.* Lecture 4 - Reconstructing the past - Proxies and archives II Topics covered: limitations of geomorphic proxies, fluvial landforms
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