Læringsutbytte

After completing course, the students should have the following qualification regarding knowledge, skill and general competence:

• Have knowledge about important environmental conditions in alpine areas in Scandinavia
• Have knowledge about the main vegetation types and their distribution in Scandinavia
• Have knowledge about the distribution and occurrence of the main animals and bird species in Scandinavia
• Be able to identify common alpine plants
• Be able to perform vegetation analyses of alpine communities
• Be able to perform studies to evaluate population sizes of small rodents and grouse
• Experience with gill-net finhing to evaluate trout growth and population size

Innhold

The following topics will be covered:

• Alpine soil
• Identification of alpine plants
• Gradients in plant distribution
• Primary succession in glacier forelands
• Biotic impacts on alpine vegetation
• Physiological adaptions of alpine plants
• Alpine vegetation, production and phenology
• Aquatic ecology
• Terrestrial animal/bird populations

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Lectures, excursions, and lab.courses.
30 h lectures, 6 days excursions 10 h laboratory work.
Teaching medium is English.

The students will be charged for some expenses for transport and housing during the excursions.

Vurderingsformer

Species identification exam (25%); individual, written 4-hour final examination (75%).

Det tas forbehold om mindre justeringer i planen.