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300145 PP Applied ecology of Mediterranean ecosystems, Island of Cres, Croatia (2009S)

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

Vorbesprechung am 03.03.09 um 10:00 - 11:00 Uhr im Übungsraum 4; Blockveranstaltung im Mai/Juni, 12-tägig in Kroatien vom 18.05.-29.05.2009 Beginn: 09.03.09 n. Ü.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 13 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The field course (12 days in May) deals with applied-ecological topics (e.g. nature conservation in a Mediterranean cultural landscape), specific scientific programs (analysis of ecosystems, aut- and synecological research) and also introduces typical ecosystems with their fauna and flora during daily excursions. An introductive seminar presents general and site specific characteristics of the island of Cres. Assessed and analysed data are published in English as report.

Assessment and permitted materials

Collaboration in the field and for the final report.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the course is the planning, transaction, and analysis of scientific questions in sub/eumediterranean ecosystems, right up to publication, the gain of faunistic and floristic knowledge in co-operation with the local nature conservation agency, Ekocentar, Beli.

Examination topics

Different terrestrial ecological fieldmethods, mesaurement of microclimate, ground surveys, chemical and physical limnological measurements

Reading list

HORVAT I., GLAVAC V., ELLENBERG H., 1974: Vegetation Südosteuropas. Botanica selecta IV., Fischer Stuttgart: 768 pp.
MANZONI R., NIKOLIC M., 1992: Biologija Cresa i Losinja. Mali Losinj-Rijeka: 292 pp. (serbokroatisch)
NOWAK, B., 1981: Pflanzensoziologische Untersuchungen auf der Insel Cres/ Jugoslawien. Dipl.arbeit Universität Gießen, 139 pp.
SEHNAL P., SCHUSTER A., 1999: Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf der Kvaner Insel Cres. Ergebnisse von fünf Exkursionen. Herpetozoa 12: 163-178
STAMOL V., VELKOVRH F., 1995: Contribution to the knowledge of land snail fauna of the islands of Cres and Losinj (Croatia) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Basommatophora, Stylommatophora). Malakolog. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 17:219-237.
ZOLDA, P., ORTEL J., WAITZBAUER, W., 2002: Ecological characterization of a Mediterranean fresh water pool on the Merag Peninsula, Cres (Croatia). Annales Ser. hist. nat. (Koper) 12: 73-82.
Course reports since 1994 (unpublished)

Association in the course directory

BOE 10, BOE 11, BOE 12

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