FOBF49

Title, content and qualification objectives

Title: Advanced course on biotic risk factors in forests.

Content: Biology, ecology, appearances and regulation of biotic risk factors in forests.

Qualification objectives: Students will be able to identify developmental stages of important biotic risk factors and their regulators in forests as well as describe their biology and ecology particularly with regard to forest practice. They will gain competences to develop reliable diagnoses on these biotic risk factors in forests as an requirement for appropriate monitoring, prognosis and control measures. Students will have knowledge on species and related objects as well as biology and diagnosis of a comprehensive range of biotic risk factors, in particular insects and mammals, in forests but also in other tree management systems such as afforestations, christmas tree and energy plantations.

Teaching and learning types

• 1.0 SWS lecture
• 1.0 SWS seminar
• 2.0 SWS practice
• individual study

Requirements for attendance

Basic knowledge on biology and ecology as well as identification, monitoring, prognosis and regulation of potential biotic risk factors in forests, as taught in the FOBF 04, FOBF 06 and FOBF 19 modules as well as knowledge on applied basics of chemistry, wildlife ecology, phytophathology and forest protection, as taught in the FOBF 13 and FOBF 19 modules.

Usability

This module is one out of 25 elective modules of the Forest Sciences bachelor degree, of which modules have to be chosen according to § 26 paragraph 3 sentence 2 of the examination regulations.

Requirements for credit points

Credit points are gained, if the module exam is passed. The module exam is an oral exam (30 minutes). 

Credit points and grades

Students can gain 5 ECTS by passing this module. The module grade is the grade of the exam.

Module frequency and duration

This one-semester module is offered every winter semester.

Workload

The total workload is 150 hours.