Range Landscape Ecology

Course Information
TitleΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΛΙΒΑΔΙΚΟΥ ΤΟΠΙΟΥ / Range Landscape Ecology
Code217Ε
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolForestry and Natural Environment
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 3rd / Doctorate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID420000127

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dasologías kai Fysikoý Perivállontos (2020-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Compulsory CoursesExchangeWinter/Spring-3

Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600175722
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
With successful completion of this course students will understand the structure, ecology, function, and changes in the pastoral landscapes and timeless relationship of society with cultural characteristics of the rangeland landscape
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Respect natural environment
  • Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
Range landscape analysis and function. Definitions of ecotopes and technotopes. Relationships between heterogeneity and ecological instability. Impacts of pastoral systems (grazing and feeding) on range landscape structure and formation. Cultural components of the landscape and their relations with natural and biological characteristics. Range landscape dynamic management.
Keywords
Range landscape, ecotope, technotope, grazing, ladscape structrue, cultural ladscape
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Using lectures and laboratory exercises slideshow software, . E-mail communication with students, use elearning for examimation
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.3
Laboratory Work100.3
Reading Assigment100.3
Project150.5
Written assigments100.3
Exams60.2
Total903
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Πανεπιστημιακές σημειώσεις σε CD Ιωάννη Ισπικούδη 2012
Last Update
04-11-2020