Course code

MLB6035.LT

old course code

MLB6035

Course title in Estonian

Üldökoloogia

Course title in English

General Ecology

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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

Course aims

A compulsory subject in the BA curriculum of Biology, which aims to explain the complicated relationships that exist among organisms and between organisms and environment.

Brief description of the course

Historical background of ecology; basic terms and notations used in ecology. Abiotic and biotic environment. Ecological amplitude and niche. Structure of populations. Migration and dispersal in time and space. Mutual interactions among organisms. Communities and succession. Ecosystems: energy flow and cycling of matter.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to explain the interaction between biota and abiotic environment;
- can analyze the formation of ecological hierarchies;
- can show the relevance of ecology to modern societies.

Teacher

dots Tiina Elvisto

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Natural Sciences (MLL2B/24.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/24.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/24.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/23.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/23.LT)
Natural Sciences (MLL2B/23.LT)
Swedish Philology (GRR3B/23.HT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/24.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/22.LT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/23.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/22.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/21.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/21.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/21.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/20.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/20.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/20.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/19.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/19.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/19.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/18.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/18.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/18.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/17.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/17.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/17.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/00.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/16.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/16.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/16.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/15.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/15.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/15.LT)
Teacher of natural and exact sciences in Basic School (MLLOM/15.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/14.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/15.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/14.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/14.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/13.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/13.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/13.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/12.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/12.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/12.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/00.LT)