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 Cultural foundations of conservation - (cultural foundations of conservation)
• 300363 VO Restoration ecology and its application in nature conservation - (restoration ecology)
• 300367 VO 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 ] 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 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)

• 300087 UE Identification of aquatic invertebrates in Central European freshwaters
• 300206 UE Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 VU Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles

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
• 290036 VU [ en ] Landscape Evaluation
• 290043 VO [ en ] Fundamentals of Global Change and Sustainability from a Geographic Perspective
• 290045 VO [ en ] Pathways to Sustainability: Knowledge, Action and Policy Landscapes
• 300080 SE [ en ] Environmental Equity in Biodiversity Conservation and Development
• 300104 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Science Communication
• 300292 VO Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation
• 300504 SE How to write a scientific paper
• 300670 VO ( MIXED ) Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives

MNB5 Applied Nature Conservation (15 ECTS)

• 300174 UE Conservation training - Compulsory course
• 300255 VU Bioindicaton and Biomonitoring

MNB6 Individual Specialisation (15 ECTS)

• 300012 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Geodata and Spatial Analysis - GIS1
• 300045 VO [ en ] Biodiversity, global change and conservation in mountain ecosystems
• 300087 UE Identification of aquatic invertebrates in Central European freshwaters
• 300092 UE [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300101 SE [ en ] Scientific Writing Workshop
• 300104 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Science Communication
• 300108 UE [ en ] Genome analysis for Ecologists
• 300117 VO [ de en ] Mammalogy
• 300120 SE [ en ] Biodiversity and Conservation Science - Seminar for Masterstudents - Compulsory seminar MNB6
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300131 VU [ en ] Statistics course based on R
• 300132 VO Dragonflies - Ecology and Assessment of Surface Waters
• 300136 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
• 300139 VO [ de en ] Groundwater Ecology - An Introduction
• 300148 SE [ en ] Food web ecology of aquatic ecosystems
• 300171 UE [ en ] Science Writing
• 300206 UE Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 VU Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
• 300226 VO [ de en ] Biology and Biodiversity of European Marine Coastal Habitats
• 300241 VO Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
• 300252 VU Data analysis in vegetation ecology - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300264 VO ( REMOTE ) Soil Ecology (interdisciplinary lecture)
• 300297 VO Habitats and Plant Communities of Central Europe
• 300342 VO Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
• 300351 VO Algae in Freshwaters - Ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
• 300380 UE [ en ] Trophic ecology of aquatic ecosystems
• 300393 EX Field mycology
• 300433 VO Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
• 300462 SE Phylogenetics actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
• 300669 VO Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems