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300138 UE Assessing plant diversity in the field - Botanical Excursions in Eastern Austria (2016S)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

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Sa., 1. Oktober 2016 Neusiedler See region: Seewinkel + Kalvarienberg/Neusiedl + Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen + Schwadorfer Holz

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Topics: Pannonian forests, dry and wet grasslands, halophytic vegetation
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Meeting point: 1030 Wien, Rennweg 14
Departure: 7.30
Return: 19.00
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At lunchtime it is possible to visit a restaurant in Illmitz.
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Equipment: At that time of the year it can be quite cold in the morning - suitable clothing!
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Registration: NOT LATER THAN Tuesday, 27.9., at the office (Sekretariat), Rennweg 14.
With the ERASMUS students we have been to Seewinkel already at the end of June. Therefore I don't think, that we will be more than 10 persons max. this time. To keep the costs low, I want to go by private car. Is there anybody among you, who could come by private car? In this case, please, write an E-Mail to me: luise.ehrendorfer@univie.ac.at.
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Maximum costs for all excursions: about 150 Euros (Season tickets for public transport in Vienna and reduced railway tickets make the excursions less expensive).

  • Thursday 03.03. 17:30 - 18:30 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

By means of field observations this series of excursions introduces into the main features of flora and vegetation of eastern Austria. The spectrum of viewpoints includes floristics, systematics, evolution, adaptation and autecology, plant communities, relationships between habitat-differentiation and plant cover, biogeography, human impact on plant cover, and issues of species, habitat and landscape conservation. Basic botanical knowledge is expected). It is recommended to participate simultaneously to the course (lecture series) "Flora and Vegetation of Central Europe", which offers the theoretical aspects for the excursion series.

Assessment and permitted materials

Short tests at the end of seven excursions, 8 points each; using the minutes is allowed.
Minimum requirement for positive credit: 29 points.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The participants learn about the most important vegetation types and characteristic plant species at different altitudinal levels and conditioned by abiotic habitat factors in NE Austria. They understand the evolution of flora and vegetation as results of spatial and temporal developments as well as anthropogenic influences.

Examination topics

Contents of teaching worked on and discussed during the field course.

Reading list

Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol (M. A. Fischer & al.)

Association in the course directory

MBO 5, MEC-9

Last modified: Sa 26.02.2022 00:27