Exercise course: Terrestrial ecosystems, land use and global change ()
WS 2009/2010
Tu.: 08:00-10:00, H 10
John Tenhunen
Week 1 October 20
From Synecology and Process Research to Global Change and Social-Ecological Systems (Tenhunen)
Week 2 October 27
Evaluating Ecosystem Services, Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Ecosystem Science (Tenhunen)
Week 3 November 3
Ecosystem Physiology and Production Processes (Tenhunen)
Leaf gas exchange, stand level carbon fluxes, growth processes
Week 4 November 10
Carbon and Water Flux Evaluations in Ecosystems (Otieno and Lüers)
Sapflow methodology and eddy measurements
Week 5 November 17
Carbon and Water Flows through Ecosystems and Network Carbon Balance Evaluations 1: Results (Tenhunen)
Week 6 November 24
Carbon and Water Flows through Ecosystems and Network Carbon Balance Evaluations 2: Differentiation in Ecosystem Control Points (Tenhunen)
Week 7 December 1
Landscape Physiology and Production Models (Tenhunen)
Week 8 December 8
Storage and Loss of Carbon from Soils Related to Global Landuse 1 (Borken)
Respiration fluxes
Week 9 December 15 no lecture
Week 10 December 22
Storage and Loss of Carbon from Soils Related to Global Landuse 2 (Borken)
Influences of biochar, DOC fluxes and sensitivities
Week 11 no lecture
Week 12 January 12
Nutrient Uptake and Release in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Trace Gas Emissions (Gebauer)
Nutrient retention and release from landscapes, plant N and P requirements, N and P uptake
Week 13 January 19
Nutrient Uptake and Release in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Trace Gas Emissions (Gebauer)
N and P uptake, trace gas emissions, greenhouse gas balances in relation to land use change
Week 14 January 26
Biodiversity Concepts and Relations with Ecosystem Function (Steffan-Dewenter)
Week 15 February2
Landscape Structure, Insect Populations and Ecosystem Services (Steffan-Dewenter)
Week 16 February 9
Theory of Invasions and Weedy Impacts on Crops (Walther)
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