Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management (879 [2] - Version 2021)

Compulsory Modules (90 ECTS)

MNB1 Principles of Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (15 ECTS)

• 300018 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cultural foundations of conservation - (cultural foundations of conservation)
• 300071 VO ( ON-SITE ) Climate Change - Biodiversity, Global Change and Climate Policy - (climate change)
• 300363 VO ( ON-SITE ) Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation - (restoration ecology)
• 300367 VO ( ON-SITE ) Conservation Biology - (Bereich Naturschutzbiologie)

MNB2 Quantitative Methods in Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (15 ECTS) Management

• 300028 VU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to GIS - Focus: Nature Conservation - GIS 1 (Spatial Analysis)
• 300065 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Quantitative analysis of time series and population data - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300082 VU [ en ] Introduction to ecological modelling - (Data Analysis and modelling)
• 300193 VU [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology - (Investigation Design)
• 300205 VU [ en ] Analysis of Ecological Data - univariate methods - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300252 VU ( ON-SITE ) Data analysis in vegetation ecology - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300345 VU ( REMOTE ) Digital Spatial Analyses - GIS 2 (Spatial Analysis)
• 300469 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Management and analysis of spatial Data - GIS III - Programming in ArcGIS, QGIS and R (Spatial Analysis)

MNB3 Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Knowledge of Species (15 ECTS)

• 300157 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300206 UE ( ON-SITE ) Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 VU Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
• 300464 VU ( ON-SITE ) Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe and Russia - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe and Russia (Microcrustaceans)

MNB4 Principles of Related Scientific Disciplines (15 ECTS)

• 280234 VO [ en ] The Environmental Crisis and Socio-Economic Transformation
• 290035 VO Human Use of Natural Resources and Human-Environment Interactions
• 300184 UE ( ON-SITE ) Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300292 VO ( ON-SITE ) Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation
• 300504 SE ( ON-SITE ) How to write a scientific paper
• 300670 VO ( ON-SITE ) Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives

MNB5 Applied Nature Conservation (15 ECTS)

• 300174 UE ( ON-SITE ) Conservation training - Compulsory course
• 300255 VU ( MIXED ) Bioindicaton and Biomonitoring

MNB6 Individual Specialisation (15 ECTS)

• 290209 VO [ en ] Climate Change and Climate Crisis: Science, Activism and Policy in the Climate Emergency
• 300012 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Geodata and Spatial Analysis - GIS1
• 300045 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity, global change and conservation in mountain ecosystems
• 300057 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity and Conservation Science - Seminar for Masterstudents - Compulsory seminar MNB6
• 300066 VO ( ON-SITE ) Ant biology and ecology
• 300092 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300101 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scientific Writing Workshop
• 300108 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Genome analysis for Ecologists
• 300117 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Mammalogy
• 300124 VO ( ON-SITE ) The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300129 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Ecology of Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene
• 300131 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Statistics course based on R
• 300136 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
• 300139 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Groundwater Ecology - An Introduction
• 300148 SE [ en ] Food web ecology of aquatic ecosystems
• 300157 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300173 VU Biological Invasions
• 300176 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced chemical microscopy and applications to microbiology
• 300177 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Quantitative Microbial Ecology
• 300200 VO ( ON-SITE ) Water Management in Austria - Erfolge, Probleme, Tendenzen
• 300206 UE ( ON-SITE ) Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 VU Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
• 300226 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology and Biodiversity of European Marine Coastal Habitats
• 300241 VO ( ON-SITE ) Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
• 300252 VU ( ON-SITE ) Data analysis in vegetation ecology - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300297 VO ( ON-SITE ) Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe
• 300342 VO ( ON-SITE ) Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
• 300393 EX ( ON-SITE ) Field mycology
• 300462 SE ( ON-SITE ) Phylogenetics actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
• 300464 VU ( ON-SITE ) Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe and Russia - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe and Russia (Microcrustaceans)
• 300669 VO ( ON-SITE ) Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems