300020 VO Concepts in Ecology (2007W)

This 3 hour lecture courses introduces students to important and pertinent concepts in ecology. Topics covered may vary between successive semesters. Each concept is introduced in a one hour lecture and the students are provided with key papers in the respective field which they are required to read over the weekend. During a two hour lecture a guest speaker working in this field presents actual examples from her/his research and participates in a discussion of the presentation and. the reading material. Topics covered included geophysiology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, microbial loop, ecosystem engineers, symbiosis, life histories, ecosystem evolution, landscape ecology and ecological footprint.

Language: German and English