SUBJECT
Title
Ecological climatology
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 4
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
The relationship between ecology and climatology, photosynthesis, respiration, plant productivity, environmental factors affecting plant productivity; the relationship of plant productivity and climate on the continents: plant productivity in warm and humid, warm and dry, cold and humid and cold and dry climates, plant productivity in the oceans, the colour of ocean water, the global observation of productivity.
Readings
Gordon B., 2002: Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 690 p.