Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 490S - Soil Ecology
Fall
2021
01
3.00
Ashley Keiser
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
21490
Bowditch Hall room 209
akeiser@umass.edu
21491
Biological processes found in the soil are essential to life on Earth. This course will introduce students to soils as their own ecosystem. Throughout the course, we will weave together descriptions of the diversity of life found within soils, plant-soil interactions and biogeography to paint a mosaic of soil life, its complexity and global importance. The final portion of the course will address the global challenges facing soil ecosystems and the potential of the soil health movement.
STOCKSCH 105 or ENVIRSCI 364 This course will have three field trips which will occur during our regular scheduled lecture time.