Universität Wien

300471 UE+EX Botanical Alpine course (2010S)

5.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

nächste Vorbesprechung: 24.6., 15:00, Übungsraum 1 am Fakultätszentrum Biodiversität (aka Institut für Botanik), Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien

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. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is held in the geologically and thus floristically very rich region of Grossfragant (southern slope of the Hohe Tauern). First, we deal with alpine biosystems and their characteristic flora, vegetation and abiotic factors. Second, we will establish experimental setup and do the data collection for a small project (e.g., on facilitation). Data exploration and preparation for publication of the results will be conducted in a separate course in the following winter semester (module MPF W1, MEV W6).

Assessment and permitted materials

25%: first interim test on the topics of the first third of the excursion
25%: second interim test on the topics of the second third of the excursion
25%: third interim test on the topics of the last third of the excursion
25%: exam on knowledge of important taxa
(for all tests, which may be held in the field, students can use their field notes)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Stduents are capable to name and characterize the most importnat habitata types of the Alps, their ecological conditions as well as their constituent species (concerning diagnostic characters, phylogenetic relationships, biogeography, a. o.).

Examination topics

Field course with demonstration of objects and autonomous determination of plant species and their ecological position; in a project part independent data collecting in the field

Reading list

H. Reisigl, R. Keller: Alpenüflanzen im Lebensraum (Gustav Fischer 1994)Christian
Dieter Heß: Alpenblumen Erkennen - Verstehen - Schützen (Ulmer 2001)
Ch. Körner: Alpine Plant Life, 2nd ed. (Springer 2003)
L. Nagy, G. Grabherr: The Biology of Alpine Habitats (Oxford 2009)

Es gibt unzaehlige bilderreiche Bücher zu Alpenpflanzen, hier nur eine Auswahl:
D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat: Flora Alpina (Haupt 2004)
D. Aichele, H. W. Schwegler: Blumen der Alpen (Kosmos 2006)
X. Finkenzeller, G. Steinbach: Steinbachs Naturführer. Alpenblumen: Erkennen und bestimmen (Ulmer 2003)
Th. Muer, O. Angerer: Alpenpflanzen (Ulmer 2004)

Association in the course directory

MPF W-1

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