Sustainable Solutions: Invasive Species

This course has been discontinued.

A foundational principle of an ecological education is the notion of a species’ native status. The idea has to do with where a species evolved and was able to establish without the aid of humans. At the other end of the spectrum, an invasive species is defined as one that is nonnative to a particular ecosystem and whose introduction into that system causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. In this course, we will learn about explore the characteristics of an invasive species and cover methods of how to control and prevent invasive species, such as encouraging high-diversity plant communities, limiting habitat fragmentation, maintaining a healthy disturbance, minimizing resource input, and utilizing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.