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FY5512: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF FOREST HEALTH (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

Lectures and tutorials provide the basic framework for considering the range of abiotic and biotic agents that cause forest damage.

A specialist on forest insect pests delivers a section of the course, providing students with an expert’s insights into current issues in forest health.

Preparation of two case studies, one on a disease and one on an animal pest, provide students with an opportunity to pursue their own interests and develop specialist knowledge. Presentations of these case studies broadens the range of forest health problems covered.

An extended essay provides an opportunity to strengthen skills in synthesis and written presentation.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Stephen Woodward

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of MRes Ecology & Environmental Sustainability (Studied) or MRes Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology (Studied) or MRes Environmental Science (Studied) or MRes Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Ecology & Environmental Sustainability (Studied) or MSc Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology (Studied) or MSc Forestry (Taught) (Studied) or MSc Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Environmental Science (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Aims: To provide an understanding of the causes and nature of fungal damage to trees and timber and knowledge of the major diseases and methods of control. Importance of diseases of forest trees; agencies causing abiotic damage; non-specific diebacks; pollution damage; basic mycology; diseases in forest nurseries; root diseases; diseases of the stems and foliage; cankers; decay - biology of decay fungi and theories of compartmentalisation; bacterial and viral diseases of trees; parasitic flowering plants.

Associated Costs

None

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%), presentation on a case study and an essay.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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