300537 VO Plant Biogeography (2008W)
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Beginn: 7.10., 9 Uhr pünktlich (!), ÜR3, FakZentrum Botanik, Rennweg 14, 1030
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Biogeography addresses the question, how and why biological diversity on time varies in space and time. After a short introduction to the discipline (incl. a historical overview), this lecture will cover the following topics: environmental setting and basic biogeographic principles (the geographic template, ecological foundations for species distributions, geography of communities); Earth history and fundamental biogeographic processes (dispersal, immigration, speciation, extinction, changing Earth, glaciation and biogeography of the Pleistocene); evolutionary history of lineages and biotas (geography of diversification, reconstructing the history of lineages and of biotas); ecological biogeography (island biogeography, areography, ecogeographic rules, diversity gradients). In the seminary part of this course, these aspects will be presented and discussed using recent literature (reviews or original research articles).
Assessment and permitted materials
written exam (50%)
oral presentation (20%)
written report (30%)
oral presentation (20%)
written report (30%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students become acquainted with major concepts in biogeography and its diverse methods resulting from the field's position at the intersection of Earth sciences, geography, ecology, phylogenetics and systematics as well as population genetics. Understanding of biogeography is further deepened by discussing these topics using relevant scientific literature (articles and reviews). Students strengthen their capabilities of succinctly presenting and discussing scientific issues in the form of oral presentations and concise written reports.
Examination topics
Lecture (50%)
Students' presentations and discussion of scientific literature (50%)
Students' presentations and discussion of scientific literature (50%)
Reading list
M.V. Lomolino, B.R. Riddle, J.H. Brown. 2006. Biogeography (3rd ed.). Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Association in the course directory
MPF I-3, MEV W-6
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