240026 Landscape Ecology

Detaljer
Skov & Landskab
Tidligst mulig placeringKandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år
VarighedEn blok
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
KursustypeKandidatkursus
 
EksamenLøbende eksamen

skriftlig prøve

Portfolio eksamen


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Beskrivelse af eksamen: The examination is based on weekly deliverables. 4 of 5 cases must be delivered, and one workshop essay of two must be delivered. Report on field work may substitute one case.

Vægtning: 100%



7-trinsskala, intern censur
 
Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamenA min. of 75 % of the excersizes have to be completed/submitted
 
Rammer for undervisning40 % lectures 50 % excercises 10 % field work
 
BlokplaceringBlock 1
Ugestruktur: B
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Begrænset deltagerantalNone
 
Kompetenceområder
Basic sciences
Comprehend the landscape as a composition of landscape attributes. Understand landscape patterns - i.e origin of landscapes, impact of man on the development of landscapes, impact of natural conditions on the landscape.

Applied sciences
Ability to synthesise attributes into unique ecotopes, aggregate ecotopes into chores, and segregate landscapes into chores and ecotopes.

Transfer the models Island - bio - geography and input-output to concrete landscapes.

Comprehend landscape change, detect and describe changes in landscape patterns. Relate landscape changes to specific attributes.

Ethics and values
Comprehend the concepts of landscape function and multifunctionality; land use related functions, landscape services and transcending functions.

Comprehend the linking of structures with fluxes of matter, energy and genetic information.

 
Kursets målsætning
The aim of the course is to give the participants a comprehensive overview of the main stream European and American schools of Landscape Ecology. The participants are introduced to general theories, and trained in some of the most common pratical methods in landscape ecology.
 
Kursusindhold
Landscape attributes; geology, terrain, hydrology, land cover and the technosphere.

Landscape patterns and structures; Types of configuration of ecostopes and elements on the earth surface. Aggregation of ecotopes in chores.

Landscape function; Fluxes of energy, matter and genes. Isolation and contact, the concept of systems.

Multifunctional landscapes; Ecological function, land use related functions and services, transcending functions - designated and perceived landscapes.

Structure-function interrelationships; interrelationships between structure and function, species movement in landscapes, island biogeography, landscape model: patch-corridor-matrix.

Landscape dynamics and change; Causes behind changes, stability, resistance and resilience.

 
Undervisningsform
The course is given as a combination of introducing lectures, excercises, field work, and in-depth lectures. The excercises are performed in small groups under supervision from the course responsible.
 
Målbeskrivelse
Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address"
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Reader in Landscape Ecology, a compilation of texts.
Avaliable in the KVL bookshop
 
Kursusansvarlig
Henrik Vejre, hv@life.ku.dk, Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning/By- og landskabsstudier, Tlf: 35331819
 
Studienævn
Studienævn NSN
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger38
teoretiske øvelser36
forberedelse47
praktiske øvelser10
ekskursioner15
projektarbejde60

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