Welcome to the course Ecological dynamics held by the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science! My name is Sebastian Diehl and I am the course coordinator and also the main teacher. On this page, you will find important and useful information, so please read it carefully. Please note that this course will be held in English. If you have any questions, please contact me, sebastian.diehl@umu.se, or contact our study counselor, sandra.straumdal@umu.se. Looking forward to meeting you in January!
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When you have replied to the Notification of Selection you need to register for the course in the study documentation system, Ladok. This is to keep your place and have your results registered during the course. Online registration is open between 13 and 26 January. If you do not register by 26 January at the latest, you risk losing your place.
Note that course work is scheduled every day of the week from 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00 with the exception of Wednesday afternoons, which are not scheduled. Since much of the course is based on independent student work, the details of the schedule can slightly change based on the progression.
The course focuses on the ecological theoretical approaches that allow us to study the interplay between organisms and their environment, and their applications to ecological problems such as conservation, resource exploitation and ecosystem regulation.
In this course, we use the learning platform Canvas. There you will find for example reading materials, instructions for exercises, lecture notes, and messages from the teachers. Examination tasks will be published there, and when you have completed an examination, you shall upload it to the platform.
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