ZALF Taught Modules

Module II: Methods in Landscape Analysis II

15 - 19 October 2012

Participants in the Lecture Room. Photo by: Stephan Wirth, ZALF

Registered students are charged 200 Euro for the module.

This includes the fee for the module (80 Euro, overheads for organisation) plus 120 Euro for lodging in the guest-house of ZALF, technical equipment, overheads for room use, and the excursion.

Students from the Humboldt-University in Berlin are exempt from the module fee and pay only 120 Euro if accomodation is required.

Registration for the module are only effective, if the payments are deposited not later than 6 Weeks before start of the module.

Cancellation fee will be 50 Euro if you cancel your participation less than 2 weeks before the module started.

Material obligatory for preparation of the ZALF Module "Methods in Landscape Analysis II" will be available on our website at last to weeks before start of the module. Participants should do the timely reading before their courses starts.

Contents

Introduction into the topic "carbon dynamics in arable landscapes"

Biogeochemical hotspots in landscapes

Modelling approaches for carbon and nitrogen cycles in arable landscapes

Application and evaluation of methods for process anaysis in landscapes (rimary production, transformation processes)

Aims

Knowledge about important methods of functional and process analysis in landscapes

Qualification to critical examination of pros and cons of the methods in functional- and process-oriented landscape analysis

Qualification to problem-oriented discussion about aims and methods of a sustainable land use

Precondition

The module is based on knowledge in soil science, ecology, and agricultural economics.
The completion of basic modules in the master studies as well as of the ZALF-module ‘Methods of Landscape Analysis I’ are recommended.

Recognition of the Module

Workload in total: 180 hours, 6 ECTS Credits

Lecturers

Staff of the ZALF
(Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg)