Mathieu Lévesque: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2020 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Mathieu Lévesque |
| Adresse | Gruppe Waldbau ETH Zürich, CHN G 77 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 632 52 08 |
| mathieu.levesque@usys.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Umweltsystemwissenschaften |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 061-0103-00L | Ecology and Plant Sciences   Only for Landscape Architecture MSc. Course languages are English and German. | 2 KP | 3G | T. Galí-Izard, N. Buchmann, C. Buser Moser, A. Gessler, N. Guettler, A. Guggisberg, F. Kienast, M. Lévesque, A. Rudow, B. Wehrli | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course introduces ecology and plant sciences. Through lectures, exercises and excursions, students will gain a broad vision of the cutting edge topics that are being researched and studied at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH, Eawag, WSL and others. This will be the base for a future dialog between the field of landscape architecture and the field of sciences. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students acquire basic knowledge in ecology and plant sciences focusing in its application in the field of landscape architecture. Temporal and physical scale, research methods, units of measurement, lexicon, modes of representation and critical literature form the framework for the joint discourse. Students will develop a graphic language in order to integrate this knowledge into design. | ||||
| Inhalt | The fundamental course “Ecology and Plant Sciences” is an introduction to the field of living systems, starting with the history of ecology, followed by an introduction to general terrestrial ecology, plant systematics, taxonomy, evolutionary biology, and basic notions of landscape ecology. A more specific approach to Swiss ecologies will follow with a concentration on grassland systems, aquatic systems and forests. Finally, the course focus on the specifics tree structure and function, and plant physiology. | ||||
| Skript | Course material will be provided. | ||||
| Literatur | The course material includes a reading list. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | The fundamental course is organized with the Fundamental Studio I as a joint two-week module. The weekly schedule is provided with the course documents. Module 4 "Ecology and plant systems", 5.10.-16.10.20 The course is held in English or German. | ||||
| 701-0559-00L | Seminar für Bachelor-Studierende: Wald und Landschaft | 3 KP | 2S | H. Bugmann, M. Lévesque, E. Lieberherr | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Interdisziplinäres Seminar zu wald- und landschaftsrelevanten Themen mit Schwerpunkt auf Prozessen, welche die Entwicklung von Waldökosystemen und Landschaften steuern. | ||||
| Lernziel | - Fähigkeit zur kritischen Analyse und verständlichen Präsentation wissenschaftlicher Originalarbeiten und anderer komplexer Materialien. - Vertieftes Verständnis ausgewählter Prozesse bzw. Fallbeispiele und Methoden mit Bezug zu Wald und Landschaft. - Fähigkeit, wald- und landschaftsbezogene Probleme aus der Sicht unterschiedlicher Disziplinen zu betrachten. | ||||
| Inhalt | Biologische, ökologische, physikalische und technische Prozesse, die auf den Organisationsstufen Lebensgemeinschaft, Ökosystem und Landschaft zur Wirkung kommen. Gesellschaftliche Prozesse und Institutionen der Landnutzung. Produkte und Dienstleistungen von Waldökosystemen und Landschaften. Waldbausysteme. Die Beiträge werden interdisziplinär um bestimmte Themenfelder gruppiert. | ||||
| Skript | Kein Skript verfügbar. | ||||
| Literatur | Literaturhinweise werden von den beteiligten Dozierenden zur Verfügung gestellt. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Voraussetzung für die Krediterteilung sind a) selbständige Recherche und Verwendung weiterer Literatur für den Vortrag b) mündliche Präsentation des Themas (15-20 Min. + Diskussion) c) Korreferat (ca. 5 Min.) zu einem weiteren Thema (wird zugeteilt) Die Beiträge können auf D oder E gemacht werden. Wir erwarten eine regelmässige und aktive Beteiligung. | ||||
| 701-1635-00L | Multifunctional Forest Management | 5 KP | 2G | M. Lévesque, S. Zimmermann | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Forests provide a variety of ecosystem goods and services. Multifunctional forest management attempts to control natural processes in a sustainable and near-natural way so that various requirements from the society can be met. Adaptivity to changing conditions (global changes), handling of conflicting goals and the development of alternative management strategies are of central importance. | ||||
| Lernziel | - To understand and evaluate forest management and silvicultural measures aim to enhance forest resilience to climate change, increased disturbances and invasive species. - To know silvicultural strategies and solutions for the management of multifunctional forests. - To understand the various social expectations towards forest functions and their implications for forest management and evaluate the requirements to meet the different expectations. - To distinguish conflicts and synergies resulting from different forest functions. - To evaluate segregative and integrative forest management approaches for biodiversity conservation. | ||||
| Inhalt | The course will cover important topics for the sustainable management of multifunctional forests and present silvicultural strategies to fulfil a variety of forest ecosystem goods and services. Current and future challenges of forest management will be presented. The course is structured into the following sub-topics: 1) Climate change and adaptive forest management. 2) Invasive species: implications and mitigation measures 3) Introduced tree species: risks and opportunities 4) Silvicultural and forest management options to fulfil multi-dimensional ecosystem goods and services. 5) Challenges and silvicultural strategies for wood production. 6) Integrative and segregative forest management approaches for biodiversity conservation. | ||||
| Skript | No class notes or text books Lecture presentations are available for download | ||||
| Literatur | Reading assignments are given in class A bibliography of cited literature will be available | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Course language is English. Prerequisites: Sufficient English language skills In addition to the lectures, students need to attend 4 all-day field excursions. Excursion topics: Forest management and climate change, Nature-based silvicultural concepts; Soil protection and forest management; Continuous cover forestry. The excursions will take place on the following days in Autumn semester 2020: Saturday 3 October, Tuesday 13 October, Friday 6 November, Saturday 14 November. Participation at all 4 full-day excursions is a prerequisite for the credits. Excursions are held in English, German and French (some German and French knowledge is good to have). Additional field excursions focusing on the Swiss femelschlag system, the Plenter- and other uneven-aged systems will be offered during spring term in the optional course "Selected Topics of Multifunctional Forest Management". 9 all-day field trips will provide the possibility to consolidate theoretical knowledge, to apply it to real examples in the field, to discuss and further consolidate what has been taught in this class. The additional course is an important part of the overall formation on forest management and is highly recommended. | ||||