Recovery of Soil Fauna After Disturbance

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Course ID:	WF-OB-SUGONG1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Recovery of Soil Fauna After Disturbance
Name in Polish:	Recovery of Soil Fauna After Disturbance
Organizational unit:	Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
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ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W02 OB2_W03 OB2_W04 OB2_W05 OB2_W08 OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U04 OB2_U09 OB2_U11 OB2_U14 OB2_K01 OB2_K05 OB2_K09
Short description:	Main types of disturbances affecting soil animals (industrial pollution, radioactive pollution, logging, forest fires). General trends in disturbance impact on soil faunal diversity, abundance and biomass. Functioning of detrital food webs after disturbences.
Full description:	Course content 1. Fundamentals of disturbance theory for ecosystems. 2. The classification of disturbances and their effects on soil animals. 3. Effect of inductrial pollution on soil animals. 4. Effect of radioactve pollution on soil animals 5. Effect forest fires on soil animals 6. Changes in functioning of detrital food webs after forest fires.
Bibliography:	Butenko K.O., Gongalsky K.B., Korobushkin D.I., Ekschmitt K., Zaitsev A.S. 2017. Forest fires alter the trophic structure of soil nematode communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. V. 109. P. 107–117. Zaitsev A.S., Gongalsky K.B., Nakamori T., Kaneko, N. 2014. Ionizing radiation effects on soil biota: Application of lessons learned from Chernobyl accident for radioecological monitoring. Pedobiologia. V. 57. P. 5–14.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Learning outcome: knowledge on main types of disturbances affecting soil animals (industrial pollution, radioactive pollution, logging, forest fires).
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	• Methods of knowledge verification Tests

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