lök229 - Soil Ecology and Soil Landscapes

lök229 - Soil Ecology and Soil Landscapes

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Module label Soil Ecology and Soil Landscapes
Modulkürzel lök229
Credit points 9.0 KP
Workload 270 h
Institute directory Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master's Programme Landscape Ecology (Master) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Kalinina, Olga (module responsibility)
  • Kalinina, Olga (Module counselling)
  • Massmann, Gudrun (Module counselling)
  • Kalinina, Olga (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module

The objectives of the module:

- to learn the field and laboratory methods of soil investigation in relation to the scientific objectives;

- to analyse the field and laboratory data and to apply modern statistical methods;

- to learn the soil evaluation on the basis of field and laboratory data

-  to apply the field and laboratory data for the landscape analyse;

- to analyse ecological processes in the soil-plant-system;

- to analyse the ecological interrelation within an landscape;

- to work on scientific questions on your own;

- to communicate in team to solve a problem.

Module contents

Field exercises: soil inverstigation in the context of landscape and soil simpling in relation to a focus of study; humus form as indication a dynamics of the ecosystem

Laboratory exercises: Analytical procedures for soil characterization in relation to a focus of study, calculation of laboratory data.

Seminar: Analyse the field and laboratory data; apply modern statistical methods; critical discussion of the field and laboratory data, evaluation of landscape and ecosystem using the field and laboratory data.

Literaturempfehlungen

Scheffer & Schachtschabel (2018): Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde, Spektrum-Verlag.

AD-HOC-AG Bodenkunde (2005): Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Schlichting, Blume, Stahr (1995); Bodenkundliches Praktikum, Blackwell.

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Language of instruction German
Duration (semesters) 2 Semester
Module frequency WiSe and SoSe
Module capacity 8 (

2 hrs/w exercise SoSe
3 hrs/w exercise WiSe
1 hrs/w seminar Wise

)
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associated with the following modules:

lök120: Geoecological Processes

lök280/lök285: Special Vegetation Ecology

Type of module Wahlpflicht / Elective
Module level MM (Mastermodul / Master module)
Teaching/Learning method 2 hrs/w Übung/exercise
3 hrs/w Übung/exercise
1 hrs/w Seminar/seminar
Previous knowledge Vegetation Ecology, geology, chemistry, ecology, soil science
Form of instruction Comment SWS Frequency Workload of compulsory attendance
Seminar 4 SoSe und WiSe 56
Exercises 2 SoSe und WiSe 28
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt 84 h
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
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