| Inst. for Økologi | |||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år | ||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | To blokke | ||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Bachelorkursus | ||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig og mundtlig eksamen Skriftlig auditorieeksamen uden hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: a 4 hour written exam without supporting material and an oral presentation and discussion of report Vægtning: written examination (50%) and report including oral presentation and duscussion (50%) 13-skala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 23 June 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | lectures and practicals cases, project report | ||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 3 Ugestruktur: B Block 4 Ugestruktur: C | ||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Obligatoriske forudsætninger | The course is the last in the two year basic period in the Horticultural Sciences Programme | ||||||||||||||||
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| Basic science: The course will give a basic understanding of ecological principles for populations, communities and ecosystems. Applied science: knowledge of living resources and their exploitation in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, including an understanding of how flows of matter and energy on multiple scales influence the properties of natural systems. Knows how to state and test simple ecological hypotheses under different settings. Can apply principles for analyses of environmental impacts and resource use Understanding of human created production systems as well as natural systems Knows how to analyse and describe a relevant ecological challenge in a project oriented workgroup and communicate the results orally and in writing Ethics and values: Appreciates the scientific method as an analytical model for ecological research. Are aware of the individual learning process, the dynamics and relationships in group work. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||||
| To give the students knowledge on the influence of production systems on surrounding ecosystems and the environment in general | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||||
| 1) Autecology/physiological ecology i.e., the study of the physiological adaptation for organisms. The process of evolutionary adaptation, including the role of environmental heterogeneity and co-evolution (2) Population ecology i.e., population growth, competition, predation which are key factors in the regulation of population size (3) Community ecology and succession providing the main patterns and processes in species composition and community structures (4) Food chains: Resources and consumers, food webs specifically in the context of energy, water and plant nutrient cycles (e.g., C, N, P, S, Cu) as ecosystem services in local and global ecosystems (5) Biological productivity and exploitation in agriculture, horticulture and forestry and natural habitats including ecological function of vegetation, water and soils. (6) overview of terrestrial ecosystems in relation to management, restoration, sustainability and biological diversity (7) Project methodology | |||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures supplemented by exercises Project in Block 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||||
| Smith, R.L. & Smith, T.M. (2002). Elements of Ecology, 5th edition, Benjamin Cummings. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Weiner, jw@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Botanik, Tlf: 35332822 Susanne Harding, suha@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Zoologi, Tlf: 35332675 | |||||||||||||||||
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