Applied tropical botany

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

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 / or 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) Foresterie tropicale Gestion des Ressources forestières Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés, 2 5030 Gembloux + 32 81 622343 jldoucet@ulg.ac.be

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