Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500251 Environmental Biology | OT | 4 | 0 |
Before enroling into the Forest Ecology course it is desirable that students have attained the learning skills corresponding to the folowing courses of their degree: Mathematics, Biostatistics, Natural Environment Prospecting, Botamy, Ecology and Vegetation Analysis.
The objective of this course is to prodice the knowledge and methodogical skills required for (1) learn the reality of forests, particularly in the Mediterranean region; (2) gain basic understanding on their functioning and dynamics; and (3) acquire notions on the main principles and tools used in forest management and logging practices. The course will be conducted respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations. The student will need to use some of the mathematical and statistical toolls acquired in previous courses of the degree.
The syllabus consists of 13 topics, structured in four blocs:
Bloc 1. What are forests and how do we study them?
1. From the tree to the forest.
2. The global importance of forests.
3. Describing a forest.
Bloc 2. Forest functioning
4. ¿How do trees work?
5. Primary production and carbon stocks in forests.
6. Water and nutrient fluxes in forests.
Bloc 3. Forest dynamics
7. Forets in time.
8. Disturbances and their effects.
9. Forests and global change.
10. Modelling forests.
Bloc 4. Forest multifuntionality. Ecosystem services
11. Forest management and ecosystem services.
12. Logging and forestry.
13. Managing Mediterranean forests.
*Unless the requirements enforced by the health authorities demand a prioritization or reduction of these contents.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Computer practicals | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 4, 3, 5 |
Field practicals | 16 | 0.64 | 2, 4, 3 |
Master classess | 28 | 1.12 | 1, 2, 4, 6 |
Practicals in the classroom | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 3, 5 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Study case (problem-based) | 26 | 1.04 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal work | 62 | 2.48 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6 |
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Case study - analysis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1, 4 |
Case study - management plan | 20 | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3 |
Exam - first part | 30 | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
Exam - reevaluation | (variable) | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
Exam - second part | 30 | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
Other activities | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1, 5 |
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*Some of the previous texts are available electronically at the UAB library (https://ddd.uab.cat/record/22492)