Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation in Northern Ecosystems

Due to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled.

The course contains three different themes:

(1) Nature of climate change: Climate change prediction, Assession of climate change

data from databases, problems of climate prediction models.

(2) Climate Change effects on northern Ecosystems (phenology, effects of temperature

increases, effects of drought, effects on carbon balance) (lectures+ 1 exercise)

(3) Measuring the impact of drought on ecosystem processes (3 parallel groups) (i) Effects

of the 2010 and 2018 drought on ecosystem processes using tree rings and remote

sensing( ii) effects of drought on trees (spectral responses, photosynthesis etc.) (iii) effects

on soil processes (soil respiration) (Group work)

(4) Societal implications of climate change in forestry and agriculture (lectures)

Course leader

frank.berninger(at)uef.fi

Target group

Master, Doctoral

Course aim

The aim of the summer school is: (1) to obtain a good overview of the possible effects of

climate change on Northern Ecosystems. (2) To acquire experimental & data analysis

methods to analyse the effects of climate change. Analysis of the impacts of climate

change will focus on drought effects. (3) Improve presentation, writing, group working and

statistical analysis skills of participants

Credits info

5 EC
ECTS

Fee info

EUR 500: Course fee. There is a discount of 20 % for the UEF partner university students.
EUR 200: Course fee for exchange students starting in autumn 2019.

Scholarships

Not available.