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Course code: RSSS10205f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Tropical forest
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Joanna Pokorny
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course the student acquires theoretical knowledge and practical to allow research on protected plants. The material presented will help students see the diversity of plant and animal species of tropical forests, and with the fundamental aspects of ecology, morphology, biology of different taxonomic groups of plants and animals.
Competences: Completing the course will enable the work in the Botanical Garden and the extension of knowledge of plants and animals the equatorial zone.
Prerequisites: Botany, Plant ecology
Course content: Rainforest is an evergreen forests, characterized by a diversity of species both flora and fauna. The idea is to characterize the location of plant communities, in which plant species are of significant importance for the economy (cinnamon, pepper, cloves and precious species of wood: mahogany, ebony, rosewood.) Issues discussed in the course will be related to plant geography, taxonomy of plants (ferns, Bromelia, orchids), animals (mammals: the elephant forest, the okapi, the species of insects: beetles), and the organisms forming an important link in the food chain (algae, fungi) , ecology, habitat (ecological group of plants).Rainforests of all forests are most threatened with extinction, therefore, under this item will be presented to the importance of forests as \\\"green lungs of the Earth. \\\" The course aims to introduce students to the unique flora and fauna and the importance of actions taken to protect these endangered areas.
Recommended literature: 1. Flenly J. 2006, Tropical rainforest responses to climatic change (Praxis books, environmental siences). Springer s. 400 2. Mukley H. 1996, Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology. Springer, s. 672 3. Schmidt L. 2007, Tropical Forest Seed. Springer. S. 409.
Assessment methods: Working credition.
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