300044 SE Seminar Island Biogeography (2006S)

Seminar Basic Principles of Island Biogeography

0.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

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Vorbesprechung: 2. März 2006, 14:15, Seminarraum Ökologie

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Language: German

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ECTS-Points: 3
The validity of the theory of island biogeography of MacArthur & Wilson (1967) will be discussed on the basis of recent publications. Additionally, the seminar will focus on the following topics: species communities on continental and oceanic islands; reconstruction of island colonization based on molecular data; speciation processes and adaptive radiation on islands; islands as "relict areas"; threats to island faunas; "habitat islands". This seminar is obligatory for participants of the "Field Course in Animal Ecology: Biogeography of the Krakatau Islands (Indonesia)".

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