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300416 PP Survey of bird communities in floodplain forests (2010W)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

The Danube floodplains east of Vienna represent one of the last remaining vast stretches of floodplain forests in Central Europe. While the community of breeding birds of such floodplain forests is relatively well known, in the framework of this field course we will study the importance of different types of floodplain forests for wintering birds.

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Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Danube floodplains east of Vienna represent one of the last remaining vast stretches of floodplain forests in Central Europe. While the community of breeding birds of such floodplain forests is relatively well known, in the framework of this field course we will study the importance of different types of floodplain forests for wintering birds.

Assessment and permitted materials

Report and short oral presentation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In this case study at Donau-Auen National Park in the vicinity of Orth an der Donau point counts will be used to survey bird communities of non-flooded and frequently flooded forests. Subsequently, a comprehensive statistical analysis will be conducted to quantify to what extent species richness and species composition differ between both forest types.

Examination topics

The main goals are to gain skills in field identification of winter birds, to exercise methods for quantitatively surveying bird communities and to learn how to apply adequate statistical analyses using univariate and multivariate tests.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

B-BOE 12, B-BOE 13, B-BZO 12, B-BZO 13, MZO 2, MOE V-1, BOE 10, BOE 11, BOE 12, BZO 11, BZO 13

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