Course - Plant Ecology - BI3036
BI3036
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.
Plant Ecology
Credits
7.5
Level
Second degree level
Course start
Spring 2026
Duration
1 semester
Language of instruction
English
Location
Trondheim
Examination arrangement
Aggregate score
About
About the course
Course content
The course covers plant ecology at an advanced level. The course deals with plant life history and functional traits, demography, and interactions between plants, between plants and animals, and between plants and the remaining ecosystem.
Learning outcome
On completion of the course the students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
- Advanced topics in plant life history and reproduction strategies (incl. seed and pollination ecology)
- Functional traits related to population, community, and ecosystem level
- Interactions between plants and the abiotic and biotic environment
- Diversity and distribution of plants
- Restoration of plant communities
- Conservation of plants and plant communities
- Plants and climate change
Skills:
- The student can analyze the current theories, methods, and interpretations within the field of plant ecology, and work independently on practical and theoretical problem solving with respect to plant responses in terms of functional traits, life history, demography, and ecosystem interactions in different environments.
General competence:
- The student can understand, present, discuss, and critically evaluate scientific advanced literature
Learning methods and activities
- Lectures/Seminar: 40 hours, mandatory
- Project work: The student must choose a topic within plant ecology and write a review article on the topic
Compulsory assignments
- Approved
Further on evaluation
The course consists of two evaluation parts: an oral exam (60%) and project work (40%). Both parts are given individual grades and if both are assessed as passed the grades will be converted into one final grade.
Oral exam:
In case of fail or if the student wants to improve the grade, the oral exam can be retaken in both spring and autumn semester
Project work:
- In case of fail, the student can resubmit an improved version for a new assessment.
- In case the student wants to improve the grade for the project work, the student will have to follow the course again and submit a new project.
Recommended previous knowledge
Equivalent BI2033, BI2034, BI2017.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| MNKBO332 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2008 |
| MNKBO320 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2008 |
| BO3032 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2008 |
Subject areas
- Biodiversity
- Biology
- Botany
- Ecology
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
- Bente Jessen Graae
- George Richard Strimbeck
- Gunnar Austrheim
- Hanna Lee
- James David Mervyn Speed
- Kristiina Visakorpi
- Martijn Lodewijk Vandegehuchte
- Sidonie Indiana Eponine Loïez
Department with academic responsibility
Examination
Examination
Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades