300362 SE Seminar on population and community ecology (2010W)
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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 09.09.2010 09:00 to Mo 27.09.2010 17:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 30.10.2010 23:00
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 04.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 11.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 18.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 25.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 08.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 15.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 22.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 29.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 06.12. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 13.12. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 10.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 17.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 24.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Monday 31.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar series addresses the basic principles of population and community ecology, especially the roles of abiotic and biotic factors in governing the spatio-temporal dynamics of animal populations and communities. Emphasis will be put on effects of habitat isolation and fragmentation (e.g. metapopulation concepts), and of human intervention (e.g. habitat conversion, poaching, harvesting) on natural populations and assemblages. Furthermore, the change of communities along environmental gradients (e.g. elevation, climate, disturbance) and the mechanisms that regulate the composition of species assemblages (e.g. resource partitioning among competitors, animal-plant interactions, predation, mutualism, biogeographic principles) will be discussed. Participants are expected to present and discuss key papers, and to critically summarize their results in essays.
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MOE V-1
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