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

• 300105 SE ( ON-SITE ) Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication

Compulsory Modules (45 ECTS)

MNB 1 Conservation Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300342 VO ( MIXED ) Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
• 300367 VO ( MIXED ) Conservation Biology - (Bereich Naturschutzbiologie)

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

• 300009 VO ( REMOTE ) Cultural foundations of conservation - (cultural foundations of conservation)
• 300118 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation - (restoration ecology)

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions (5 ECTS)

• 300670 VO ( REMOTE ) Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives

MNB 4 Conservation Training (5 ECTS)

• 300174 UE ( REMOTE ) Conservation training

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration (5 ECTS)

• 300363 VO ( MIXED ) Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation - (restoration ecology)

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

• 300157 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300214 UE ( ON-SITE ) Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles

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

• 300136 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
• 300211 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to vegetation ecology
• 300252 UE ( ON-SITE ) Course in vegetation ecology - Analyse und Interpretation von Vegetationsaufnahmen
• 300280 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to mire ecology
• 300297 VO ( MIXED ) Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe

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

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

• 300474 VO ( ON-SITE ) Management of protected sites - National Parks in Austria- Conservation goals, Management and Perspectives

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy (5 ECTS)

• 290105 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Climate Change and Climate Crisis - Transformative Concepts and Innovations
• 300026 VO ( MIXED ) Conservation Biology and sustainability
• 300071 VO ( MIXED ) Climate Change - Biodiversity, Global Change and Climate Policy - (climate change)

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

• 300034 SE ( MIXED ) Botanical ex-situ collections and species protection

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

• 300012 VO ( REMOTE ) Geodata and spatial analysis - VO Introduction to GIS (GIS1)
• 300028 UE ( REMOTE ) Geodata and spatial analysis - UE Introduction to GIS (GIS1)
• 300029 VO ( REMOTE ) Digital Spatial Analysis - GIS II (for advanced students)
• 300345 UE ( REMOTE ) Digital Spatial Analyses - GIS II (for advanced students)

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

• 300080 VO ( MIXED ) Application of social science methodologies in nature conservation
• 300292 VO ( ON-SITE ) Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation

MNB W-6 Bioindication (5 ECTS)

• 300157 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280250 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Sustainable Solutions for Planetary Health - Environmental Engagements: talks (PI)
• 300010 VO ( ON-SITE ) Vertebrate social systems: mechanisms
• 300021 VO ( ON-SITE ) Bioacoustics - theory, equipment
• 300046 UE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300058 VO ( ON-SITE ) Urban Ecology
• 300062 UE ( ON-SITE ) Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300085 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Evolutionary Systemsbiology
• 300101 VO ( ON-SITE ) Soil science for Ecologists
• 300102 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Research Ethics - A hands-on approach - What do I have to consider when writing proposals and working in the laboratory?
• 300109 UE ( ON-SITE ) HTML-Programming for the Internet
• 300113 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Molecular Evolution and Genomics
• 300118 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation - (restoration ecology)
• 300122 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology and Evolution of Archaea - Archaea evolution, genetics, cell biology, ecology and biotechnology
• 300124 VO ( ON-SITE ) The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300128 VO ( ON-SITE ) Ant biology and ecology
• 300132 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 300139 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Groundwater Ecology - An Introduction
• 300142 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300154 UE [ en ] Bioacoustics I - Introduction to vertebrate Bioacoustics
• 300156 SE ( REMOTE ) Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 300165 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) History of evolutionary biology - what a dead dodo can tell us about how we understand evolution
• 300168 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Biomimetics
• 300169 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Trophic ecology of aquatic ecosystems
• 300171 UE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Science Writing & Communication
• 300173 VU ( ON-SITE ) Biological Invasions
• 300180 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300187 EX ( MIXED ) Birds on the water
• 300197 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Ecology of Marine Polar Systems
• 300199 UE ( ON-SITE ) Exercise on behaviour observation and behavioural genetics unsing the example of Japanese macaques
• 300218 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300220 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Algal culturing techniques and ecophysiological experiments
• 300227 EX ( ON-SITE ) Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300236 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Prokaryotic evolution and diversity"
• 300240 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Experimental and Applied Aquaristics of Tropical Coral Reefs
• 300241 VO ( REMOTE ) Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
• 300314 VO ( ON-SITE ) Renewable Energies
• 300316 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300351 VO ( ON-SITE ) Algae in Freshwaters - Ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
• 300354 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics
• 300371 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) New concepts in archaeal and bacterial biology
• 300390 EX ( ON-SITE ) Highlights of palaeontology 1 - excursion
• 300393 EX ( ON-SITE ) Field mycology
• 300394 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to molecular techniques
• 300397 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Comparative Anthropology: Physiological and Behavioral Constraints in Humans and Non-Human Primates
• 300461 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology and ecology of European amphibians and reptiles
• 300462 SE ( ON-SITE ) Phylogenetics actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
• 300464 UE ( ON-SITE ) Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe and Russia - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe and Russia (Microcrustaceans)
• 300469 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Management and analysis of spatial Data - GIS III - Programming in ArcGIS, QGIS and R
• 300504 SE ( ON-SITE ) How to write a scientific paper
• 300517 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
• 300525 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) Scientific research at the Museum of Natural History - significance of scientific collections for evolutionary studies
• 300527 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
• 300531 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Writing Theses and Articles in English - (parallel courses)
• 300552 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Physiology and Ecology of Cyanobacteria
• 300657 UE ( ON-SITE ) Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters
• 300659 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts I
• 300669 VO ( ON-SITE ) Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
• 301138 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Behavior, Rhythms and Neurological Diseases
• 301267 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Business in Biotech
• 301465 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Current Trends in Bioanalytical Technologies
• 301584 UE ( ON-SITE ) Project management in science communication
• 301655 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Practical Guide for Intellectual Property for scientist