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Unit Code: FES500

Unit Name: Introduction to Forest Fire

Description: This course is designed to give students an understanding of the physical and biological process of fire and the role of fire in the ecology and management of forest and non-forest systems. The specific objectives of the course are to provide the student with: 1. A comprehensive understanding of how fuel, topography and weather influence fire behaviour. 2. Detailed information on the tenets of fire ecology and how they relate to plant and animal individuals and populations. 3. Integrated treatment of fire behaviour and ecosystems response so that community composition and ecosystem properties can be understood or predicted. 4. A synthetic view of how human land use, fire history and biophysical conditions lead to ecosystem development and change over time for regions of interest to the student.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: Student must be enrolled in the programme.

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1