Degree | Type | Year |
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2500251 Environmental Biology | OT | 4 |
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Before enroling into the Forest Ecology course it is desirable that students have attained the learning skills corresponding to the folowing courses: 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 in the context of global environmental change; and (3) acquire notions on the main principles and tools used in forest management. The course will be conducted respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
The syllabus consists of the following 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.
4. How are forests planned and managed?
Bloc 2. Forest functioning
5. Primary production and carbon stocks in forests.
6. Water and nutrient fluxes in forests.
7. Modelling forests.
Bloc 3. Forest dynamics
8. Forets in time.
9. Disturbances and their effects.
10. Forests and global change.
Bloc 4. Forest multifuntionality. Ecosystem services
11. Managing Mediterranean forests.
12. Forest uses and conservation.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Computer practicals | 5 | 0.2 | 3, 7, 6, 8 |
Field practicals | 16 | 0.64 | 4, 7, 6 |
Master classess | 28 | 1.12 | 3, 4, 7, 10 |
Practicals in the classroom | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 6, 8 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Service-learning project (ApS) | 36 | 1.44 | 3, 4, 7, 6, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal work | 50 | 2 | 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 10 |
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exam - reevaluation | (variable) | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 7, 8, 10 |
Other activities | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 8 |
Self-assessment/Co-assessment | 40 | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 9, 3, 7, 6 |
Service-learning project (ApS) - analysis | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3, 7, 10 |
Service-learning project (ApS) - management plan | 25 | 4 | 0.16 | 9, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Binkley D. 2021. Forest Ecology: An Evidence–Based Approach. Wiley.
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Blondel J, Aronson J. 1999. Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region. Oxford University Press.
Chapin FS, MAtson PA, Mooney HA. 2002. Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer.
Hirons AD, Thomas PA. 2018. Applied Tree Biology. Wiley, USA.
Kimmins JP . 2003. Forest Ecology (3rd Edition) Benjamin Cummings.
Lloret F. 2022. La muerte de los bosques. Arpa Ed., Barcelona.
Peh KS-H, Corlett RT, Bergeron Y. 2015. Routledge Handbook of Forest ecology. Routledge, NY, USA.
Perry DA, Oren R, Hart SC. 2008. Forest Ecosystems (2nd Edition) The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Piñol J, Martinez-Vilalta J. 2006. Ecologia con números. Lynx.
Terradas J. 2001. Ecologia de la vegetación. Omega.
Thomas P, Packham J. 2007. Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity. Cambridge University Press.
Waring RH, Running SW. 2007. Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales (3rd Edition). Academic Press.
Young RA, Giese RL (eds.). 2002. Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management (3rd Edition) Wiley.
*Some of the previous texts are available electronically at the UAB library (https://ddd.uab.cat/record/22492)
Catalan Forest Laboratory: https://laboratoriforestal.creaf.cat/
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 241 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
(PCAM) Field practices | 241 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 241 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 24 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |