Course code MežZ5005
Credit points 4.50
Latvian Flora of Bryophytes
Total Hours in Course120
Number of hours for lectures24
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes24
Date of course confirmation08.11.2011
Responsible UnitInstitute of Forest Management
Course developer
lect.
Aigars Indriksons
Dr. silv.
Course abstract
The bryophytes are one of the most ancient and species richest compartments of the kingdom of plants with original constitution and reproduction. The Latvian moss flora is rich on species - till up to now there are 550 species registered, most of those abundant in forests. The mosses are important compartment of the forest cenosis and for the forest typology. The knowledge in botany will be improved.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Students have obtained knowledge in sistematics, morphology and physiology of mosses and liverworts. Students know the ecological demands of bryophytes. Students have skills to recognize and determine the moss species, based on the knowledge obtained, as well on the mosses guide book. Students are able to explain the functions of a bryophyte in connection to the anatomical structure. Students have competence to analyse the growing conditions of the mosses and liverworts and to describe the forest site types and the quality of environment according to present bryophyte species.
Compulsory reading
1. Āboliņa A. Latvijas sūnu saraksts. Latvijas veģetācija 3. Galv. red. M. Laiviņš. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2001. 47.-87. lpp.
2. Goffinet B., Buck W. R. Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification. Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, No.98, 2004, p. 205 - 239.
3. Bryophyte Biology. 2nd edition. Ed. B. Goffinet and A. J. Shaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 580 p.
4. Strazdiņa L., Liepiņa L., Mežaka A., Madžule L. Sūnu ceļvedis dabas pētniekiem. Rīga: Latvijas Universitātes LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2011. 127 lpp.
Further reading
1. Игнатов М. С., Игнатова Е. А. Флора мхов средней части европейской России. Том 1. Sphagnaceae - Hedwigiaceae; Том 2. Fontinalaceae - Amblystegiaceae. Москва: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2003, 2004. 608 c. 960 c.
2. Meža enciklopēdija. Red. J. Broks. Rīga: Apgāds Zelta grauds, 2003. 281 lpp.
3. Jukoniene I. Lietuvos kiminai ir žaliosios samanos. Vilnius: Botanikos instituto leidykla, 2003. 402 p.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Journal of Bryology. ISSN 0373-6687.
2. Arctoa ISSN 0131-1379.
3. The Bryologist ISSN 0007-2745.