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300548 SE Ants and their interactions (2009W)

Continuous assessment of course work

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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 10.09.2009 10:00 to Su 27.09.2009 23:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 30.10.2009 23:00

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Veronika Mayer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 08.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Übungsraum 1 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
Thursday 22.10. 11:15 - 13:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
Thursday 05.11. 11:15 - 13:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
Thursday 19.11. 11:15 - 13:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
Thursday 03.12. 11:15 - 13:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
Thursday 17.12. 11:15 - 13:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Ant-plant interactions, important in both temperate and tropical communities, are increasingly used as model systems in ecological and evolutionary research. This seminar deals with ant-plant protection mutualisms, ranging from opportunistic, facultative interactions, in which plants offer food rewards to foraging ant workers, to interactions in which plants also offer hollow structures to nesting ants encouraging more constant association. This latter type of interaction includes a number of specific and obligate symbioses. Some of these systems varying in their degree of specialization will be compared in regard to the evolutionary dynamics of interspecies interactions.

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Association in the course directory

MEV W-6, MPF W-1, MPF W-2, MZO W-2

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