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SG0220

Forest Ecology

In this course you will learn general concepts and theories i ecology with applications to forest, sustainable forestry and nature conservation. The course addresses ecological concepts and theories that students then use to solve problems in different ecological areas. You will learn basic ecological concepts and theories and be able to apply and discuss evoluationary ecological problems, community ecology and reproductive ecology. You will also learn to seek relevant information and apply a critical thinking to solve ecological problems.



The course uses problem-based learning (PBL) based on the students’ experiences, interests and questions. Students work in so called basic groups to formulate ecological questions about different cases. Thereafter, individual work is done to find solutions to the identified issues in each case study. Each case study concludes with a discussion where the members of each basic group compare and summarize their knowledge of the subject and answer the questions they have previously formulated. The different cases represent different ecological areas addressed in the course. Lectures and exercises are also included in each section. Basic group work and exercises are compulsory parts of the course

Information from the course leader

2020-10-30
Course Introduction, Monday November 3, 12:15 am.
Dear Forest Ecology (SG0220) Students: You are receiving this email because you are either registered or pre-registered for the course Forest Ecology (SG0220) which begins at 12:15 next Monday, November 3. I sent an email earlier in the week about the course, and want to communicate a few important changes: 1: After consulting with several of the course instructors, and several education directors at SLU, we have decided to run the course entirely by Zoom rather than the hybrid system I informed you about earlier in the week. While we definitely would prefer to run the course in person, several considerations went into making this decision. Firstly, Covid cases appear to be rising rapidly in Europe, as well as Sweden specifically. Secondly, some of our instructors are within higher risk demographic groups (based on age and other health factors). Third, the number of students registered/pre-registered for the course is higher than we expected, meaning that it will be difficult to achieve social distancing requirements. Considering all of these factors, we have decided that it is most prudent to begin the course entirely on Zoom. If Covid transmission rates were to decline as the course progresses, we may move back to the hybrid model. However, this seems somewhat unlikely, and for the time being, all teaching activities will be done on Zoom. 2: In the email I sent earlier this week, I pasted in a series of Zoom links for each day of the week. Please disregard those links!!! We have since learned that we can use a single Zoom meeting for the entire course, where students and teachers can come and go according to the course schedule. This will be much simpler than using a separate Zoom link for every lecture. The new Zoom link for the entire course, starting with the course introduction on Monday, is as follows: Meeting URL: https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/62300606789 Meeting ID: 623 0060 6789 Passcode: 417556 3: Please test your Zoom connection before the course introduction on Monday. When you use Zoom for the course, you need to login as a student in order to have full access to the software. Also, modify the settings as necessary so that your full name appears with your video when you connect. This will help us get to know each other better during the course. Here is a link to the Zoom login through the SLU website: https://internt.slu.se/en/tools/zoom-video-meetings-video-lecture/ 4: If you intend to take the course, and have not completed your registration yet, please do so. We now have 27 students registered, and 11 students pre-registered students who have not completed registration. We look forward to seeing you all on Zoom on Monday, November 3 at 12:15. Please connect a few minutes in advance. Cheers/Michael (and Gustav and Carl) _________________________________________________________

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

SG0220-20005 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for SG0220

Academic year 2022/2023

Forest Ecology (SG0220-20117)

2022-11-01 - 2023-01-15

Academic year 2021/2022

Forest Ecology (SG0220-20020)

2021-11-02 - 2022-01-16

Academic year 2019/2020

Forest Ecology (SG0220-20012)

2019-11-01 - 2020-01-19

Academic year 2018/2019

Forest Ecology (SG0220-20065)

2018-11-05 - 2019-01-20

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

  1. Course Reading List, Preliminary [Course Reading List, Preliminary] (https://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/SG0220/20012.1920/Reading_list_17.pdf)

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 38054 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G2F)
Subject: Forest Science Forest science
Course code: SG0220 Application code: SLU-20005 Location: Umeå Distance course: No Language: English Responsible department: Department of Forest ecology and Management Pace: 100%