Jörg Luster: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
Name | Dr. Jörg Luster |
Address | WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf ZH SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | 044 739 22 95 |
joerg.luster@usys.ethz.ch | |
Department | Environmental Systems Science |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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701-1802-00L | Ecology of Forest Soil | 3 credits | 2G | S. Zimmermann, J. Luster | |
Abstract | Deepen and apply the basic knowledge in forest soil ecology obtained in previous courses (Bachelor degree); this is achieved by the autonomous study of selected questions in working groups and lectures on case studies. | ||||
Objective | - Deepen and apply the basic knowledge in forest soil ecology obtained in previous courses (Bachelor degree). - Get familiar with current issues in forest soil ecology based on case studies directed to practical problems - Gain a deeper understanding through autonomous studies of selected questions in forest ecology in working groups. This includes an autonomous soil description in the field. | ||||
Content | - Overview of forest soils in Switzerland /concept of reference soils - Forest and water (hydromorphic soils, water retention, flood protection and forest soils) - Physical soil protection in forests: DPSIR approch (driver-pressure-state-impact-response), regeneration after compaction - Acidification of forest soils - Inorganic soil contamination (focus on heavy metals) - spatial soil information (soil maps, extrapolation of point information) - Long-term forest ecosystem research: monitoring of atmospheric pollution and reaction of the soil (soil solution and soil matrix) - Nutrient pools and cycling in the soil environment - Soil-plant-interactions / processes in the rhizosphere - Carbon balance and global change - Land-use effects on the carbon balance - Drought and forest soils | ||||
Lecture notes | Lecture notes, working material exercises will be handed out. | ||||
Literature | - Walthert, L., Zimmermann, S., Blaser, P., Luster, J., Lüscher, P., 2004: Waldböden der Schweiz. Volume 1. Grundlagen und Region Jura. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. Bern, Hep Verlag, 768 pp. - Blaser, P., Zimmermann, S., Luster, J., Walthert, L., Lüscher, P. 2005: Waldböden der Schweiz. Volume 2. Regionen Alpen und Alpensüdseite. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. Bern, Hep Verlag, 920 pp. - Zimmermann, S., Luster, J., Blaser, P., Walthert, L., Lüscher, P. (2006): Waldböden der Schweiz. Volume 3. Regionen Mittelland und Voralpen. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. Bern, Hep Verlag. 848 pp. - Ott, E., Frehner, M., Frey, H.-U., Lüscher, P., 1997: Gebirgsnadelwälder. Ein praxisorientierter Leitfaden für eine standortgerechte Waldbehandlung. Haupt, Bern. 287 pp. - Blume, H.P., Brümmer, G., Horn, R., Kandeler, E., Kögel-Knabner, I., Kretzschmar, R., Stahr, K., Wilke, B.M. 2010. Scheffer/Schachtschabel, Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde, 16th edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlage, Heidelberg, 569 pp. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | - Practical field work as a basis for a presentation held during class is part of the requirement. Workload approximately 1 day. - Each learning unit of 2 hours will be organised as follows. A lecture of one hour is followed by an hour of autonomous study in working groups on a selected topic. - It is required that students have some knowledge in practical Soil Science (recommended: Integrated applied soil course, 4th semester, and courses of the specialization "Wald und Landschaft", part site classification (soil science & phytosociology) 6th semester) |