300297 UE Methods in plant diversity research (2020S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

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).

Registration is open from Th 06.02.2020 08:00 to Th 20.02.2020 18:00
Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 18:00

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will take place from 4th to 8th of May 2020. We will start at 9.00 each day and return depending on the progress of work (between c. 16.00 and 19.30).

Thursday 05.03. 11:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
Monday 04.05. 09:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
Friday 08.05. 09:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course shall introduce to conducting a field study on plant diversity. Work is centred around the topic "Monitoring of plant diversity" and will use sampling sites that are part of an ongoing monitoring scheme in agricultural landscapes of Austria. The task (for groups of two participants) will be to use these sampling sites to compare different sampling methods on their usefulness in monitoring projects. The course will include a introductory lecture on this monitoring project, 3 days of field work, and one day of data analysis and presentation of results.

Assessment and permitted materials

Evaluation will be based on (a) contribution to field work and analysis; (b) oral presentation of results; (c) a "homework", i.e. repeating the workflow learned in the course on an additional sampling site from the project and writing a short report on this "mini-project".

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge of the Austrian flora is advantegeous, but not required.

Examination topics

Knowledge of the Austrian flora is advantegeous, but not required.

Reading list

to be announced during the course

Association in the course directory

MEC-6, MBO 7, WZB

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