300412 VO Plant Biogeography (2023W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Monday
08.01.2024
09:00 - 11:00
Digital
Monday
12.02.2024
09:00 - 11:00
Digital
Monday
11.03.2024
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
03.06.2024
09:00 - 11:00
Digital
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
This course will be held digitally (BBB via Moodle)
Monday
02.10.
09:00 - 11:00
Digital
Monday
09.10.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
16.10.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
23.10.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
06.11.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
13.11.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
20.11.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
27.11.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
04.12.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
11.12.
09:00 - 11:00
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Monday
18.12.
09:00 - 11:00
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Aims, contents and method of the course
- Aims: Students know the breadth of biogeography, the branch of biological sciences that addresses the question, how and why biological diversity varies in space and time.Content: This lecture covers the following topics: (i) environmental setting and basic biogeographic principles, Earth history and fundamental biogeographic processes (including dispersal, immigration, speciation, extinction, changing Earth); (ii) evolutionary history of lineages and biotas (incl. reconstructing the history of lineages and of biotas); (iii) ecological biogeography (island biogeography, areography, ecogeographic rules, diversity gradients); (iv) distribution patterns, Pleistocene biogeography (with focus on the Alps)- Methods: lecture
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam about the topics covered during the course.The exam will be done digitally (via Moodle): a document (available in several common file formats) with the questions is downloaded from Moodle; the questions are answered offline (using the course presentations provided in Moodle as well as other sources, such as the Internet; pure copy-paste is not permitted) and uploaded again to Moodle (within a single document) within the allotted time (2 hours [plus 10 mins as buffer in case of technical problems])
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirement for positive credit: >50% of the points (i.e., at least 10.25 points of 20).Credit key:
0–10 points: failed (grade 5)
10.25–12.5 points:sufficient (grade 4)
12.75–15 points: sufficient (grade 3)
15.25–17.5 points: good (grade 2)
17.75–20 points: excellent (grade 1)
0–10 points: failed (grade 5)
10.25–12.5 points:sufficient (grade 4)
12.75–15 points: sufficient (grade 3)
15.25–17.5 points: good (grade 2)
17.75–20 points: excellent (grade 1)
Examination topics
Course material available from the e-learning platform (Moodle)
Reading list
Lomolino M et al., 2017: Biogeography 5th ed. Sinauer
Association in the course directory
MBO 1, UF MA BU 01, UF MA BU 04
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