MSc European Forestry

Multi-Scale Forest Dynamics Models |  5 ECTS
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The course aims at introducing the students into the main approaches used to simulate forest dynamics at several spatial scales. It will provide some general modeling principles and information on the main trends in modeling forest dynamics in Europe. At the end of the course, the students will know: (1) the advantages and disadvantages of the different forest modeling approaches, (2) the main applications of some of the most widespread models of forest dynamics used in Europe and (3) how to use them.
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Data management and visualization with R  |  5 ECTS
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Advanced course on data science, focused on the collection, management, visualization and analysis of data. We aim to cover the entire data science pipeline from data acquisition to publication. The aim is to teach the students how to use R to effectively manage, clean, analyze and visualize data. The course is based on a “hands-on” approach, so that the students can easily transfer the acquired knowledge to real case studies, and even use it to process and analyze their own set of data, helping them in the preparation of their Master Thesis. 
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Forest dynamics in a global change context: drivers, processes and modelling approaches  |  5 ECTS
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Forest ecosystems face multiple challenges due to global change with important consequences for their current and future dynamics. This course is designed to provide an overview of the main drivers of change (climate warming, natural disturbances, land-uses) and their impact on key forest properties and processes. It will also introduce the students to the role of dynamic models for understanding and predict the response of forest ecosystems to different disturbance agents.
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Other courses/workshops

Introduction to the tidyverse: dplyr, tidyr and purrr  |  RStats
The workshop "Introduction to the tidyverse", took place in Barcelona within the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society and the XIV AEET Meeting (4-8 February 2019). The slides, code, examples, and exercices used during the workshop are hosted in a GitHub repository. The slides used during the course can be found here, and the document with the exercises can be found here.

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