Landscape Ecology

Major: Environmental Protection Technology
Code of subject: 6.183.00.O.024
Credits: 6.00
Department: Ecological Safety and Nature Protection Activity
Lecturer: Senior Lecturer O. Chayka
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: study of features passing anthropogenic and natural succession of vegetation in conditions of natural landscapes on the principles of conservation, restoration and landscape neoplasms; obtaining students of the basic theoretical knowledge of landscape ecology and heritage of their essential skills in solving problems of landscape ecology
Required prior and related subjects: inorganic chemistry, general ecology.
Summary of the subject: Introduction. History of the emergence and development of landscape ecology. Classification of landscapes. Morphological Unit of landscapes. The structure of the landscape. The dynamics of the landscape. Types of landscapes. Landscape and geographical forecast. The complex of interrelated elements. Natural and man-made landscapes. Ecological-geochemical assessment of the urban landscape.
Assessment methods and criteria: - The current control (40%) is oral interviews and test; - The final control (60%) is a credit.
Recommended books: 1. Гродзинський М. Основи ландшафтної екології. — К.: Либідь, 1993. 2. Петлін В. Конструктивне ландшафтознавство. — Львів: Видавничий центр ЛНУ імені Івана Франка. 2006. 3. Консевич Л., Зубик С. Ландшафтна екологія. — Івано-Франківськ: ІМЕ «Галицька Академія», 2005.