ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
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Ecological restoration
4 creditsEXDIM: Exploring multidimensional data
4 creditsCommunication Tools 1 (C)
4 credits30h
Ecological restoration
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
The EU's general introduction lays the conceptual foundations for ecological rehabilitation and restoration and the resilience of ecosystems and aquatic environments.
The concepts of ecological and hydrological continuity, river morphology, and hydrogeomorphology are explained and illustrated.
A field trip provides an opportunity to analyze the issues, formulate hypotheses about how things work, and assess impacts.
The EU's practical work is preferably directly linked to the field.
The main tools and know-how for species reintroduction are presented and accompanied by illustrative practical work:
- Animal model practical work: reintroduction of a vulture population
- Plant model practical work: transplantation.
- Riparian forest practical work: and the concept of green corridors
The main impacts of soil sealing and interventions in aquatic environments (maintenance and development) and methods for assessing these impacts, accompanied by illustrative practical work:
- Practical work on water law: assessing the impacts of soil sealing and hydrological compensation.
- Hydrogeomorphological practical work: analysis of historical and current hydraulic continuity.
Finally, the EU invites learners to compare ecological and hydrological continuity and to discuss ways of optimizing restoration.
EXDIM: Exploring multidimensional data
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
This module presents table management and the link between multivariate and univariate analysis: matrix manipulation and common operations; the concepts of projection and distance; translation of descriptive and univariate statistics using multiple regression/ACP/AFD as examples; indices of (dis)similarity, distance; correlation.
Communication Tools 1 (C)
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Hours per week
30h
This teaching unit is entirely based on practical work in the fields of computer graphics (designing and producing diagrams using vector drawing software) and layout (designing and producing a poster, article, or booklet using desktop publishing software).