Course code

MLB6008.LT

old course code

MLB6008

Course title in Estonian

Floristika ja faunistika välipraktikum

Course title in English

Field Works in Floristics and Faunistics

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of this practical course is to develop knowledge in recognizing the most common species of Estonian flora and fauna and knowhow in using different identification keys or handbooks of plants and animals.

Brief description of the course

The course consists of a fieldcamp outside Tallinn in June/July and individual tasks. Duration of the fieldcamp is 7 days. During the fieldcamp different biotopes will be visited and the process for collecting, determining and fixing plants and animalspecies (also animal tracks and other signs) from various biotopes will be learned and practised.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows well and can identify the species within the material given and the collections produced within course;
- possesses knowledge of common plant- and animal species in Estonia;
- knows how to use identifying keys for plant- and animal species;
- knows how to prepare plant and animal collections.

Teacher

lekt Tõnu Ploompuu MSc, lekt Ivan Kuprijanov MSc

Prerequisite course 1

Introduction to Botany (MLB6005.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

Invertebrate Zoology (MLB6031.LT)

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Environmental Management (MLKSB/13.LT)
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Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/12.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/12.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/11.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/11.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/09.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/09.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/08.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/00.LT)