3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018811FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must be enrolled in the programme Master Biology: Tropimundo.
Taught in
French
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Lecture
6 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
4 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Table of contents :

Des spécialistes de divers groupes taxonomiques tropicaux représentatifs (« Cryptogames » et Spermatophytes) présenteront l’historique, les projets en cours et les perspectives de la recherche sur ces taxons afin d’illustrer les diverses approches qui sont développées actuellement en floristique tropicale. Des rappels sur les bases de la floristique seront également dispensés en début de l’unité d’enseignement

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading :

Notes de cours. Articles scientifiques.

- Primack, R. & R. Corlett, 2005. Tropical Rain Forests : An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, U.K. 319 pp.

- Puig, H., 2001. La Forêt Tropicale Humide. Editions-Belin, Paris, France. 448 pp.

- Carson, W. & S. Schnitzer, 2008. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, U.K. 517 pp.

- Hogarth, P., 2007. The Biology of Mangroves and Seagrasses. Oxford University Press Inc., Oxford, UK. 273 pp.

Please consult the course descriptions on the TROPIMUNDO website for the most completed and updated course descriptions.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene Competenties

Course objectives : Présenter sous forme d’une série de conférences les grandes problématiques actuelles en biodiversité végétale et botanique tropicale, en incluant les principales méthodes d’investigation, de collection et d’analyse de cette biodiversité.

Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Specialised Ecosystem focus: Plant Biological level: Organism

Pouvoir détailler les principales méthodes d’investigation, de collection et d’analyse de la biodiversité végétale et botanique tropicale. Connaitre et comprendre les enjeux et les problématiques actuelles de cette biodiversité. Etre capable de trouver les sources scientifiques et médiatiques sur cette thématique.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Exam : Written 60%

Exam : Oral 40%

2ndsession : oral or written exam to be decided by the teacher.                                            

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Brussels
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Cayenne