The course provides methods and tools for ecological evaluations dealing with nature conservation or landscape planning. It covers census methods, ecological criteria, indicators, indices and critically appraises objectivity and accuracy of the available methods, tools and procedures. Birds and plants are used as main example guiding through different case studies.
Lernziel
Students will be able to: 1) critically consider biological data books and local, regional, and national inventories; 2) evaluate the validity of ecological criteria used in decision making processes; 3) critically appraise the handling of ecological data and criteria used in the process of evaluation 4) perform an ecological evaluation project from the field survey up to the descision making and planning.
Skript
Powerpoint slides are available on the moodle page. Additional documents are handed out as copies.
Literatur
Basic literature and references are listed on the webpage.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes
The course structure changes between lecture parts, seminars and discussions. The didactic atmosphere is intended as working group.
Suggested prerequisites for attending this course are skills and knowledge equivalent to those taught in the following ETH courses: - Pflanzen- und Vegetationsökologie - Systematische Botanik - Raum- und Regionalentwicklung - Naturschutz und Naturschutzbiologie
Kompetenzen
Fachspezifische Kompetenzen
Konzepte und Theorien
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Verfahren und Technologien
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Methodenspezifische Kompetenzen
Analytische Kompetenzen
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Problemlösung
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Projektmanagement
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Soziale Kompetenzen
Kommunikation
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Kooperation und Teamarbeit
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Verhandlung
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Persönliche Kompetenzen
Anpassung und Flexibilität
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Kreatives Denken
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Kritisches Denken
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Selbststeuerung und Selbstmanagement
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Leistungskontrolle
Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)