Recovery of Soil Fauna After Disturbances WF-OB-GONGALSKY1
Course content
1. Fundamentals of disturbance theory for ecosystems.
2. The classification of disturbances and their effects on soil animals.
3. Effect of inductrial pollution on soil animals.
4. Effect of radioactve pollution on soil animals
5. Effect forest fires on soil animals
6. Changes in functioning of detrital food webs after forest fires.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Learning outcome: knowledge on main types of disturbances affecting soil animals (industrial pollution, radioactive pollution, logging, forest fires).
Assessment criteria
• Methods of knowledge verification
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Bibliography
Butenko K.O., Gongalsky K.B., Korobushkin D.I., Ekschmitt K., Zaitsev A.S. 2017. Forest fires alter the trophic structure of soil nematode communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. V. 109. P. 107–117.
Zaitsev A.S., Gongalsky K.B., Nakamori T., Kaneko, N. 2014. Ionizing radiation effects on soil biota: Application of lessons learned from Chernobyl accident for radioecological monitoring. Pedobiologia. V. 57. P. 5–14.
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