2023-2024 / ENVT2044-1

General ecology

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 

Lecturer

Grégory Mahy, Arnaud Monty

Coordinator

Grégory Mahy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

THEMES : Spation temporal structure and regulation of ecological systems from the individuals to the ecosystems. Ecological methods at the hierarchical organisational level of ecological system. Interactions between human activities and ecological processes. MAIN CHAPTERS 1. What is (and is not) ecology ? 2. Autecology : the organisms within the environment. Ecological amplitude, adaptation, climate and biomes, ecological niche. 3. Population ecology : what is a population, population structure, population dynamics and regulation, dispersal. 4. Community ecology : community structure, species richness and diversity, functional ecology. 5. Ecosystems : structure and energy flow, trophic network.


Seminars

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Identify the main components of biodiversity in a structured way and use adequately the specific vocabulary
Analyze the relationships between the different elements of the living communities and the biotope, in coherence with the functionning of ecosystems
Identify the main variables of a ecological system and develop quantification skills in the context of a sustainable management of biological resources

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Botany
Zoology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Main teaching Potential conferences

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Lectures in auditorium

Recommended or required readings

Ricklefs RE. 2007 The Economy of Nature - Fith edition. Freeman and Company, New York. ISBN 0-7167-7762-2.

 The slideshows presented are made available through Blackboard.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

January: Written examination (100%)

September: Written examination (100%)

 

All the lectures an seminars are part of the matter for the examination.

 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Biodiversity and Landscape Unit
Grégory Mahy
g. mahy@ulg.ac.be
081 62 22 45


Arnaud Monty
arnaud. monty@uliege.be

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