Duration
Community : 12h Th, 12h Pr, 8h AUTR
Populations : 15h Th, 9h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Community : Adeline Fayolle
Populations : Arnaud Monty
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course on the biodiversity analysis methods focuses on the analysis method adapted for
- ecological communities
- populations.
Community
Vegetation survey and analysis of the diversity of plant communities
Interpretation of vegetation and environment data in line with biodiversity management
Populations
Oral teaching:
- Challenges of applied population ecology
- Analysis canvas
- Examples : analysis canvas applied to particular studies
Reversed class:
- Examples : analysis canvas applied to particular studies
Practical applications
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
see the course's components.
Community
After completing the course, the student is expected to
- develop an appropriate approach for vegetation sampling to answer a practical problem of biodiversity management
- be able to select a method to analyse vegetation in relation to a practical problem of biodiversity management
- be able to interpret a vegetation analysis with respect to environmental conditions
Populations
At the end of the teaching, the student must be able to select/propose a method to answer a research question about plant or animal population ecology. He must be able to interpret the method and results of a given study.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
see the course's components.
Community
Ecology, botany
Populations
The course "Biodiversity management" is a co-requisite.
Skills in statistics and ecology are needed to follow the course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
see the course's components.
Community
Main teaching
Field work (vegetation data collection)
Vegetation data analysis
Seminars (English)
Study cases analysis
Populations
Oral teaching
Reversed class
(article preparation)
Practical work
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
see the course's components.
Community
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures
Practical work
Seminars
Teaching material is made avalable on the blackboard portal (e-campus)
Populations
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Presential
Recommended or required readings
see the course's components.
Community
OZENDA P. (1994) - Végétation du continent européen, Ed. Delachaux et Niestlé, 271p.
KENT M., COKER P. (1996) - Vegetation description and analysis.A practical approach. John Wiley & Sons, 363p.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Additional information:
First session
Practical courses POP (15% of the mark)
Oral presentation POP (15%)
Report COM (15%)
Written exam (theory and study case on the POP and COM components, 55%)
Second session
Written exam (theory and practice, study cases on the POP and COM components, 100%)
Community
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Additional information:
The exam is combined with the othercomponent of the course(partim community)
Populations
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Other : Flipped classroom: presentation
Additional information:
The exam is combined with the othercomponent of the course(partim community)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Community
adeline.fayolle@uliege.be
Populations
Arnaud Monty
arnaud.monty@uliege.be