3526.08 - Terrestrial ecology
Course number
3526.08
Title
Terrestrial ecology
ECTS
7.5
Purpose
To provide the students with an overview about the interactions between populations in terrestrial plant-and animal communities, including subjects such as character and interactions within and between populations, and their importance for terrestrial ecosystem structure, function and dynamics.
Content
Physical and chemical soil condition, light and climatic condition, growth and reproduction of individuals, population structure, growth, and decline succession, plant life histories, competition, population interaction, flora and fauna composition, distribution and diversity, spatial and tropic structure of ecosystems, plant- and animal communities, islands biogeography, islands as ecological experiments, nature conservancy
Learning and teaching approaches
Lectures and exercises
Assessment method
Four-hour written examination. No auxiliary meterial allowed. The existing grade scale will be used. The result from the exam counts 75% of the grade, and the exercises during the course count 25%.
Contact
Anna Maria Fosaa