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300412 VO Plant Biogeography (2012W)
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initial meeting: Friday, 12.10.2012, 1 p.m., lecture hall (Faculty Center Biodiversity) Rennweg, ground floor
Details
Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 12.10. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 19.10. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 16.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 23.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 30.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 07.12. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 14.12. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 11.01. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 18.01. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Friday 25.01. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Biogeography addresses the question, how and why biological diversity varies in space and time. This lecture will cover the following topics: (i) environmental setting and basic biogeographic principles, Earth history and fundamental biogeographic processes (including dispersal, immigration, speciation, extinction, changing Earth); (ii) evolutionary history of lineages and biotas (incl. reconstructing the history of lineages and of biotas); (iii) ecological biogeography (island biogeography, areography, ecogeographic rules, diversity gradients); (iv) distribution patterns, Pleistocene biogeography (with focus on the Alps)
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam (100%)
Oral presentation (10%)
Oral presentation (10%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students become acquainted with major concepts in biogeography and its diverse methods resulting from the field's position at the intersection of Earth sciences, geography, ecology, phylogenetics and systematics as well as population genetics. Understanding of biogeography is further deepened by discussing these topics using relevant scientific literature (articles and reviews).
Examination topics
Lecture (90%)
Presentations and discussion of scientific literature (10%)
Presentations and discussion of scientific literature (10%)
Reading list
Association in the course directory
MPF I-3
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