Study Programmes 2016-2017
FORE0035-1  
Applied tropical botany
Duration :
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Jean-Louis Doucet
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Tropical forests are home to many species whose identification is often difficult.
The objective of this course is to identify botanic families through vegetative characteristics. This knowledge should allow forest engineers to identify species using determination keys and reference books.

1. Identification criteria and remarkable characteristics 2. Reference books 3. Systematic (about 50 families) 4. Collection, conservation and handling of tropical vegetal samples.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
After completing the course the student is expected to : ·Be able to identify botanic families through vegetative characteristics. ·Be able to describe vegetal samples with adequate terms. ·Be able to identify species by using determination keys and reference books. ·Be able to collect, conserve and prepare vegetation samples.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basic knowledge on botany
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is integrated in the module "Tropical Forest" that will be given in a logging concession, in the middle of the Cameroonian rainforest. The illustrated theoretical lessons will be completed by identification activities in the forest.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Lectures : 12 h Practical Works : 12 h
Recommended or required readings :
LETOUZEY R. 1969. Manuel de botanique forestière. Afrique tropicale. Tome 1 Botanique générale. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent sur Marne, 189 p. LETOUZEY R. 1970. Manuel de botanique forestière. Tomes 2 A. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent Sur Marne, 210 p. LETOUZEY R. 1972. Manuel de botanique forestière. Tomes 2 B. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent Sur Marne, 244 p.
Meunier, Q, Moumbogou, C., Doucet, JL. 2015. Les arbres utiles du Gabon. Presses agronomiques de Gembloux. http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/183815
Slide copies and syllabus are available on ecampus
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral examination (80 %): the student will identify taxa (pictures and vouchers) on the basis of his (her) knowledge and / or using floras.
The behavior and the participation of the student in the field (20 %)
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Contacts :
DOUCET Jean-Louis (Professor)
Laboratoire de Foresterie des Régions tropicales et subtropicales
Unité de Gestion des Ressources forestières et des Milieux naturels
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 622342
jldoucet@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Book
Meunier, Q, Moumbogou, C., Doucet, JL. 2015. Les arbres utiles du Gabon. Presses agronomiques de Gembloux.
Notes de cours
Notes disponibles avant le début du cours sur my.ulg