11. Zoology

11.1. Compulsory Modules

MZO 1 Basic Modul Zoology

• 300143 VO 3 ECTS Animal development and systematics
  Salvini-Plawen, Tu 10:00-11:00 (14×), Th 10:00-11:00 (13×)
• 300702 VO 3 ECTS Animal Cells and Tissues
  Klepal

MZO 2 Methods and Research Training in Zoology

• 300025 PP 10 ECTS Project course: Histological methods
  Walzl
• 300096 PP 10 ECTS Arthropoda - morphology and evolution
  Paulus, Tu 14:00-16:00 (14×)
• 300190 PP 10 ECTS [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
  Montanaro-Punzengruber
• 300218 PP 10 ECTS DNA Barcoding - a new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
  Grill
• 300232 PP 10 ECTS Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction
  Wanninger
• 300302 UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Practical Course in Cell and Developmental Biology
  Technau
• 300338 PP 10 ECTS Comparative Anatomy and Morphology of Fishes
  Ahnelt
• 300488 PP 10 ECTS GIS field methods and behavioural ecology & diversity of neotropical amphibians - PP in French Guiana. In compulsory combination with the seminar "biology of tropical amphibians" 300180 (SE)
  Hödl
• 300674 PP 10 ECTS Submicroscopical anatomy and preparatory techniques
  Klepal
• 300703 PP 10 ECTS Animal Acoustic Signals - Animal Acoustic Signals
  Kratochvil

11.2. Block of Elective Modules: Zoology

• 300445 UE 3 ECTS Analysis of ecological data - Labcourse
  Dullinger, We 16:00-19:00 (12×)
• 300464 UE+EX 3 ECTS Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans)
  Gaviria-Melo
• 300505 UE 3 ECTS Species determination and biology of nativ fishes
  Keckeis

MZO W-1 Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Animals

• 300042 UE 3 ECTS Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates
  Schwaha
• 300069 VO 3 ECTS Introduction in Experimental Anatomy in Vertebrates - Introduction in Experimental Anatomy in Vertebrates
  Lemell
• 300158 SE 3 ECTS New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
  Weidinger
• 300206 UE 10 ECTS Practical Course: Vertebrates - Morphologisches Spezialpraktikum: Vertebrata
  Weisgram
• 300296 UE 6 ECTS Entomological Laboratory - Entomological and taxonomic studies on selected insects
  Waitzbauer
• 300396 VO 3 ECTS Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
  Weisgram
• 300448 UE 3 ECTS Morphology and taxidermy of birds (Nonpasseres and Passeres)
  Gamauf
• 300472 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Behavioural ecology
  Bugnyar
• 300544 UE 1 ECTS Museological technics - Introduction to the preparation of insects.
  Waitzbauer

MZO W-2 Biodiversity and Systematics of Animals

• 300011 VO 3 ECTS Social Systems - Social Systems in vertebrates with special emphasis on mechanismus - behaviour - brain-personality-stress, etc.
  Kotrschal
• 300124 VO 3 ECTS The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
  Ranner, Fr 14:30-16:00 (13×)
• 300142 VO 2 ECTS Fundamental principles phylogenetic Systematics
  Aspöck, Mo 16:00-17:00 (10×)
• 300156 VO 3 ECTS Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
  Gereben-Krenn, We 12:00-14:00 (12×)
• 300159 VO 2 ECTS Evolutionary biology of birds
  Gamauf, Th 16:30-18:00 (12×)
• 300180 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
  Hödl, Th 14:15-16:30 (10×)
• 300202 UE 3 ECTS Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
  Kratochvil
• 300249 VO 3 ECTS Australian Fauna - examples of evolution, ecology and biogeography
  Gollmann, We 13:00-15:00 (12×)
• 300281 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
  Bright, Fr 11:15-13:00 (14×)
• 300548 SE 3 ECTS Ants and their interactions - Multitrophic interactions in ants and plants
  Mayer, Th 11:30-13:00 (13×)
• 300657 UE 9 ECTS Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters
  Waringer

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology

• 300222 VO 3 ECTS Comparative embryology of animals
  Walzl
• 300489 VO 3 ECTS [ de en ] Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
  Nemeschkal
• 300530 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
  Metscher
• 300721 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Molecular principles of developmental biology of animals
  Technau, Mo 09:00-11:00 (15×)

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology

• 300183 VO 2 ECTS Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
  Mitteröcker
• 300188 VO 3 ECTS [ de en ] Theoretical Morphology
  Mitteröcker
• 300357 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Theoretical Biology
  Mitteröcker

MZO W-5 Basic Modul of Evolutionary Biology

• 300219 VO 3 ECTS Evolutionary Biology
  Paulus, We 08:15-10:00 (12×)
• 300511 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
  Steiner
• 300515 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies
  Gollmann, We 15:00-16:45 (12×)

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition

• 300558 VO 3 ECTS Animal Communication
  Ladich

MZO W-7 Ecological Field Methods: Animals

MZO W-8 Marine Biology

• 300170 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Biological Oceanography
  Herndl
• 300280 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Recent literature in Marine Ecology and Oceanography
  Herndl

MZO W-9 Interpretation of Ecological Data

• 300193 SE+UE 5 ECTS Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
  Bachmann
• 300269 VO 2 ECTS Analysis of ecological data - lecture
  Dullinger