elective5

Elective 5: 
Forest and Resource Inventory 
Forest-Atmosphere Interactions 
 
Module No.  
Module name 
 
Forest Inventory 
Module co ordinator 
 
Prof. Dr. Dieter R. Pelz    Email: pelz@biom.uni-freiburg.de 
Additional teaching staff 
 Prof. Dr. B. Koch Dr. Gerald Kändler (FVA) 
Syllabus 
Statistical methods, sampling designs 
National forest inventory systems 
Management inventory systems 
Global Forest resources assessment of FAO 
NTFP in inventories 
Tropical inventories 
Remote sensing in forest inventories 
 
Learning goals and qualifications 
Students will gain the: 
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Ability to assess inventory designs and procedures  
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Ability to design and implement forest inventories 
 

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Teaching and learning methods 
Lecture (30%), Exercises (30%), field work (20%), literature study 20%  
 
Prerequisites 
Forest mensuration, statistics 
Requirements for registration 
 
Distribution of work load  
Contact hours               80 h (Lectures, pracs, excursion, exam) 
Independent  learning          45 h (Preparation, reading etc.) 
Proposed assessment 
Home work 
Link to learning resources   
 
Preliminary Reading 
 
Comments 
 
 

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Module No.  
Module name 
WP 3 
Forest-Atmosphere Interactions 
Module coordinator 
 
Prof. Dr. Heinz Rennenberg   Email: heinz.rennenberg@ctp.uni-freiburg.de   
Additional teaching staff 
Prof. Helmut Mayer, Dr. Jürgen Kreuzwieser, PD Dr. Hans Papen, PD Dr. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl 
Syllabus 
The unit “Meteorology of trace gas exchange” (3 days) deals with the characteristics of 
atmospheric processes and phenomena significant for the trace gas exchange between 
forests and the atmosphere at different spacio-temporal scales. 
The unit “Forest vegetation and trace gas exchange” (6 days) will introduce the role of plants 
as sources and sinks of atmospheric trace constituents and the plant processes involved in 
this exchange of C, N, and S. 
The unit “Forest soils and trace gas exchange” (4 days) will provide information on the 
exchange of N and S trace gases between forest soils and the atmosphere and the 
processes involved in the production and consumption of these compounds by microbial 
processes. 
The unit “Modelling forest  – atmosphere interactions” (2 days) will communicate knowledge 
how to use mechanistic models to simulate carbon and nitrogen turnover processes in forest 
ecosystems and associated C and N gas exchange between forest ecosystems and the 
atmosphere. 
Learning goals and qualifications 
The student will  
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obtain physical knowledge on features of the atmosphere and its influence on trace gas 
exchange 
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obtain a quantitative view about the exchange of C, N, and S trace gases between forest 
vegetation and the atmosphere 
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obtain a quantitative view about the exchange of C, N, and S trace gases between forest soils 
and the atmosphere 
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understand plant and microbial proccesses involved in the production and consumption of 
atmospheric trace constitutents 
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understand how biological and physico-chemical processes can be implemented in numerical 
models and how these models can be used to understand, proof and simulate ecosystem 
processes 

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Teaching and learning methods 
Lectures, tutorials, pracs 
Prerequisites 
none 
Requirements for registration 
 
Distribution of work load  
Contact hours               80 h (Lectures, pracs, excursion, exam) 
Student learning          45 h (Preparation, reading etc.) 
Proposed assessment 
 
Link to learning resources   
 
Preliminary Reading 
- Stull RB (1991) An introduction to boundary layer meteorology. Kluwer Acad Publ., 
Dordrecht 
- Gasche R et al. (2002) Trace gas exchange in forest ecosystems. Kluwer Acad. Publ., 
Dordrecht 
Comments 
 
 
 

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