Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management (879 [1] - Version 2007) - discontinued

Compulsory Modules (45 ECTS)

MNB 1 Conservation Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300342 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
  Wrbka, Mo 14:00-16:00 (13×)
• 300367 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Conservation Biology - (Bereich Naturschutzbiologie)
  Wrbka, Tu 11:00-13:00 (13×)

MNB 2 Conservation: Cultural, Social, Economic Perspectives (5 ECTS)

• 300009 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Cultural foundations of conservation - (cultural foundations of conservation)
  Haidvogl, Fr 07.10. 15:00-17:00, Fr 15:00-18:30 (2×), Fr 15:00-18:00 (5×)
• 300118 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation - (restoration ecology)
  Maas, Th 14:00-16:00 (10×)

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions (5 ECTS)

• 300670 VO 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives
  Ellmauer, Fr 08:30-12:15 (10×)

MNB 4 Conservation Training (5 ECTS)

• 300174 UE 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Conservation training
  Wrbka, Tu 11.10. 17:00-18:00

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration (5 ECTS)

• 300363 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation - (restoration ecology)
  Wrbka, Tu 13:00-15:00 (12×)

MNB 6 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Species (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation Needs) (10 ECTS)

• 300157 VU 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
  Hölzler, Fr 14:00-17:00 (13×)
• 300214 VU 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
  Schweiger, We 05.10. 15:00-16:30, We 13:15-15:45 (11×)

MNB 7 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Communities, Habitats and Landscapes (10 ECTS)

• 300211 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to vegetation ecology
  Willner, We 14:15-15:45 (12×)
• 300252 VU 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Data analysis in vegetation ecology - (Data Analysis and modeling)
  Willner, Th 06.10. 10:15-11:00, Th 09:15-13:00 (10×)
• 300297 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe
  Wrbka, Mo 16:00-17:30 (13×)

Block of Elective Modules Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (15 ECTS)

MNB W-1 Management of Protected sites (5 ECTS)

• 300474 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Management of protected sites - National Parks in Austria- Conservation goals, Management and Perspectives
  Schön, Fr 14:00-16:00 (2×), Fr 15:00-17:00 (2×), Tu 25.10. 14:00-16:00

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy (5 ECTS)

• 290109 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Climate Change and Climate Crisis - Staying within Planetary Boundaries
  Schleper, Th 16:45-18:15 (12×), Fr 15:00-16:30 (2×)
• 300026 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Conservation Biology and sustainability
  Reiter, We 16:15-18:00 (7×)
• 300071 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Climate Change - Biodiversity, Global Change and Climate Policy - (climate change)
  Essl, Tu 15:15-17:00 (13×)

MNB W-3 Ex-situ Conservation (5 ECTS)

• 300034 SE 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Botanical ex-situ collections and species protection
  Kiehn, Mo 09:15-12:00 (6×)

MNB W-4 Spatial Analysis and Presentation Techniques (5 ECTS)

• 300012 VO 3 ECTS ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Geodata and Spatial Analysis - GIS1
  Kleinbauer
• 300028 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to GIS - Focus: Nature Conservation - GIS 1 (Spatial Analysis)
  Kleinbauer, We 05.10. 09:00-10:00, We 09:30-13:00 (7×)
• 300345 VU 5 ECTS ( REMOTE ) Digital Spatial Analyses - GIS 2 (Spatial Analysis)
  Kleinbauer, We 05.10. 10:00-11:00, We 09:30-13:00 (5×), Tu 14.02. 09:30-13:00, Th 16.02. 09:30-13:00

MNB W-5 Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences (5 ECTS)

• 300292 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation
  Reiter, Fr 20.01. 09:00-18:00, Sa 21.01. 09:00-18:00, Su 22.01. 09:00-18:00

MNB W-6 Bioindication (5 ECTS)

• 300157 VU 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
  Hölzler, Fr 14:00-17:00 (13×)

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 300010 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Vertebrate social systems: mechanisms
  Frigerio, Th 11:30-13:00 (6×), Fr 11:30-13:00 (4×), Fr 11:30-14:45 (2×)
• 300012 VO 3 ECTS ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Geodata and Spatial Analysis - GIS1
  Kleinbauer
• 300021 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Bioacoustics - theory, equipment
  Kratochvil, Fr 11:30-13:00 (7×)
• 300057 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity and Conservation Science - Seminar for Masterstudents
  Schulze, Tu 04.10. 15:00-16:00, Fr 14:00-17:00 (12×)
• 300058 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Urban Ecology
  Punz, Fr 13:15-14:45 (11×)
• 300092 UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
  Steiner, Th 06.10. 18:30-20:00, Mo 16:45-18:15 (6×)
• 300097 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Natural History Collections - an introduction to management and utilization
  Pavlicev, Tu 09:00-15:00 (3×), Mo 12.12. 09:00-18:00, Tu 13.12. 09:00-18:00, We 14.12. 09:00-18:00, Fr 16.12. 09:00-15:00
• 300102 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Research Ethics - A hands-on approach - What do I have to consider when writing proposals and working in the laboratory?
  Rath, Mo 18:00-19:30 (14×)
• 300113 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Molecular Evolution and Genomics
  Gelabert Xirinachs, Th 09:45-11:15 (13×)
• 300118 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation - (restoration ecology)
  Maas, Th 14:00-16:00 (10×)
• 300119 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Functional Ecology
  Bright, We 09:45-11:15 (6×)
• 300122 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology and Evolution of Archaea - Archaea evolution, genetics, cell biology, ecology and biotechnology
  Baltazar de Lima de Sousa, Fr 13:15-14:45 (13×)
• 300124 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
  Ranner, Fr 16:45-18:15 (13×)
• 300129 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Ecology of Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene
  N.N., Tu 15:00-16:30 (14×)
• 300132 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
  Pavlicev, Mo 13:15-14:45 (14×)
• 300139 VO 3 ECTS [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Groundwater Ecology - An Introduction
  Griebler, Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)
• 300154 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Bioacoustics I - Introduction to vertebrate Bioacoustics
  Fitch
• 300156 SE 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
  Weckwerth, Th 18:30-21:00 (13×)
• 300165 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) History of evolutionary biology - what a dead dodo can tell us about how we understand evolution
  Grill, Mo 10.10. 13:15-14:45, Mo 14.11. 16:45-18:15, Tu 15.11. 15:00-16:30, We 16.11. 15:00-16:30, Th 17.11. 15:00-18:15, Fr 18.11. 15:00-18:15
• 300168 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Biomimetics
  Drack, Mo 09.01. 16:45-18:15, Tu 10.01. 16:45-20:00, We 11.01. 16:45-20:00, Th 12.01. 16:45-18:15, Fr 13.01. 16:45-18:30
• 300169 UE 10 ECTS [ en ] Trophic ecology of aquatic ecosystems
  Keckeis, Mo 03.10. 09:45-10:45
• 300171 UE 2 ECTS [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Science Writing & Communication
  Maas, Tu 04.10. 11:00-12:00, Tu 11.10. 13:00-16:00, Th 27.10. 13:00-16:00, Tu 08.11. 12:00-16:00, Th 12.01. 11:00-12:00
• 300172 UE 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Evolution in the museum - Development, endangerment and protection of biodiversity
  Gollmann, We 05.10. 16:45-18:15
• 300173 VU 3 ECTS Biological Invasions
  Essl, We 16:45-18:15 (11×)
• 300178 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Modelling spatial and temporal dynamics of (ecological) animal and plant populations - from theory to practice (UE)
  Wessely, Mo 16:15-18:30 (15×)
• 300180 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology of tropical amphibians
  Preininger, Th 13:15-14:45 (13×)
• 300187 EX 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Birds on the water
  Waringer
• 300199 UE 5 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Exercise on behaviour observation and behavioural genetics unsing the example of Japanese macaques
  Pflüger
• 300218 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
  Gruber, Th 01.12. 08:00-14:45
• 300220 UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Applied Phycology: isolation, cultivation, experiments
  Schagerl, We 13:00-17:00 (4×), Fr 08:00-17:00 (3×), Mo 08:00-17:00 (2×), Tu 08:00-17:00 (2×), We 08:00-17:00 (2×), Th 08:00-17:00 (2×)
• 300236 VO 2 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Prokaryotic evolution and diversity"
  Baltazar de Lima de Sousa, We 14:45-18:15 (4×)
• 300241 VO 3 ECTS ( MIXED ) Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
  Weissenhofer, Tu 04.10. 15:00-16:00, Tu 14:00-18:00 (6×)
• 300264 VO 3 ECTS ( REMOTE ) Soil Ecology (interdisciplinary lecture)
  Bachmann
• 300314 VO 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Renewable Energies
  Lichtscheidl, Tu 04.10. 16:45-19:30, Mo 16:45-19:30 (14×)
• 300323 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Current Trends in Parasitology - Current parasitological topics, lecture works english slides
  Walochnik
• 300351 VO 3 ECTS Algae in Freshwaters - Ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
  Teubner, Mo 03.10. 13:15-14:15, Th 11:30-13:00 (10×)
• 300353 UE 10 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Applied programming for Bioinformatics - Principles and techniques for simple programming to solve biological problems, using a common programming language. Practical experience with text processing and automation of external programms.
  Goldenberg, We 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 300371 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] New concepts in archaeal and bacterial biology
  Baltazar de Lima de Sousa, Fr 14.10. 10:00-12:00, Mo 16.01. 09:00-13:00, Th 19.01. 09:00-13:00
• 300387 SE+EX 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Field Trips in Microbiology
  Horn, Tu 15:00-18:15 (13×), Tu 11.10. 15:30-18:00
• 300390 EX 2 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Highlights of palaeontology 1 - excursion
  Nagel
• 300393 EX 1 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Field mycology
  Greilhuber
• 300394 VO 2 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to molecular techniques
  Genikhovich, We 09:45-11:45 (7×)
• 300397 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Comparative Anthropology: Physiological and Behavioral Constraints in Humans and Non-Human Primates
  Wallner
• 300433 VO 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
  Aspöck
• 300462 SE 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Phylogenetics actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
  Steiner, Th 11:30-13:00 (13×)
• 300469 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] ( MIXED ) Management and analysis of spatial Data - GIS III - Programming in ArcGIS, QGIS and R (Spatial Analysis)
  Moser, Tu 04.10. 10:00-11:00, Mo 28.11. 09:00-16:00, Tu 29.11. 09:00-16:00, We 30.11. 09:00-16:00, Th 01.12. 09:00-16:00
• 300504 SE 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) How to write a scientific paper
  Zechmeister, Th 15:00-18:00 (7×)
• 300517 SE+UE 3 ECTS Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
  Koller-Peroutka, Mo 05.12. 09:45-14:45, Mo 05.12. 16:45-18:15, Tu 06.12. 09:45-13:00, Tu 06.12. 15:00-18:15, We 07.12. 09:45-14:45
• 300527 UE 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
  Haring
• 300531 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Writing Theses and Articles in English - (parallel courses)
  Metscher, We 13:15-14:45 (12×)
• 300548 SE 3 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants
  Mayer, Th 09:15-11:00 (10×)
• 300669 VO 4 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
  Stachowitsch, We 16:45-20:00 (11×)
• 301138 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Behavior, Rhythms and Neurological Diseases
  Teßmar-Raible
• 301267 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Business in Biotech
  Laurer, Th 09:00-13:15 (3×), Tu 09:00-13:15 (2×)
• 301465 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Current Trends in Bioanalytical Technologies
  Köcher, We 17:00-18:30 (12×)
• 301584 UE 2 ECTS ( MIXED ) Project management in science communication
  Gschmeidler, We 12.10. 11:00-12:00, Mo 21.11. 09:00-14:00, Tu 22.11. 09:00-14:00, We 23.11. 09:00-14:00, Th 24.11. 09:00-14:00