Universität Wien

300384 PP Element cycles in terrestrial ecosystems (2018S)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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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. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Preparatory Meeting on Friday, 2nd March 2018 at 10:00-11:00 in the Conference Room Ecology, UZA 1
Blocked course 02.-06.07.2018 in the Rauris valley, Salzburg, further laboratory in Vienna days will be set accordingly

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course confronts students with key ecosystem processes of alpine ecosystems of different elevation and vegetation composition. We will use modern methods in both field ecology and laboratory ecology.

Assessment and permitted materials

Practical work in the field and in the laboratory. Presentation of the study in oral and written form. Written report (60%), practical work and oral presentation (40%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class aims at a deeper understanding of the major terrestrial ecosystem processes and functions, and helps understand the many intimate links between water, carbon and nutrient cycles on the example of alpine ecosystems.

Examination topics

Practical work in the field combined with chemical analyses in the lab. Oral presentation (seminar). Students will undertake measurements of ecosystem gas exchange (water and carbon dioxide), analyze the biomass distribution of plants and microbes, and the nutrient content and cycling in different ecosystem compartments. Results will be integrated and interpreted at the ecosystem level.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

BOE 13, B-BOE 13, BBO 10, B-BPF 10

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