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Fire ecology provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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4 hours worth of material

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This course explores the role of fire as a natural disturbance in ecosystems. It introduces the concept of a fire regime and its influence on the type and distribution of organisms that occur in ...

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Fire as a natural disturbance
- 1 Fire as a natural disturbance
- 1.1 The effects of fire on an ecosystem
- 1.2 Fire dependant ecosystems
- 1.3 Fire regimes
- 1.4 Fire severity
- 1.5 Fire frequency
- 2 Adaptation of plants in fire-prone ecosystems
- 2 Adaptation of plants in fire-prone ecosystems
- 2.1 Thick bark
- 2.2 Sprouting from insulated buds
- 2.3 Fire-stimulated seed release
- 2.4 Fire-stimulated seed germination from seed banks
- 2.5 Fire-stimulated flowering
- 3 The response of animals to fire
- 3 The response of animals to fire
- 3.1 Avoiding fire
- 3.2 Benefitting from fire
- 3.3 Morphological traits for detecting fire
- 4 Fire, habitat complexity and biodiversity
- 4 Fire, habitat complexity and biodiversity
- 4.1 Fire and ecological succession
- 4.2 The intermediate disturbance hypothesis
- 4.3 The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis
- 5 Climate change and fire ecology
- 5 Climate change and fire ecology
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements

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English
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Date of Start
30th December, 2022
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free Certificate
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