11.2. Block of Elective Modules: Zoology

• 300002 UE Embryology - morphological course in comparative embryology
• 300020 VO Basic entomology - Introduction to the systematics, morphology and anatomy of insects.
• 300033 VO+UE+EX Limnetic ostracods from Austria - Biodiversity, systematics, zoogeography and bioindication
• 300048 VO Basics of biosystems theory
• 300049 VO Biology, ecology and conservation biology of bats - The course will focus on the biology (morphology, reproduction, echolocation) and ecology (ecomorphology, feeding ecology, roostin ecology) of bats. Furthermore threats to bats and conservation measures to protect bats will be discussed.
• 300067 VO Introductory morphometrics (Biometry II) - Principles of multivariate statistics
• 300106 UE Ecological Field Methods: Animals - The course presents collecting and sampling strategies (e.g. nets, pitfall traps, mark-release-recapture methods, light traps, transects) of terrestrial animal ecology in practical exercises. Design and execution of a field study from the coice of the study area to the interpretation of the collected data for scientific work will be demonstrated.
• 300112 VO [ en ] Modeling in Evolutionary Biology
• 300179 VO Comparative Embryology - Entwicklungssysteme der Tiere (Entwicklungsbiologie B 608)
• 300197 UE Animal ecological special course - methods and questions in outdoor laboratories
• 300216 VO An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
• 300227 EX Special excursion in animal ecology
• 300247 UE+EX Ecological-terrestrial Fieldcourse - Fieldcourse in the mediterranean region
• 300257 VO [ de en ] Primates and their societies
• 300290 VO Introduction to pollination biology
• 300296 PR Entomological Laboratory - Entomological and taxonomic studies on selected insects
• 300314 UE [ en ] Fauna and flora of marine habitats - Voraussetzung ist eine positive Prüfung über die Vorlesung "Einführung in die Meereskunde" oder "Einführung in die Meeresbiologie"
• 300336 VO Methods of the population analysis ( Biometry IV )
• 300405 UE Practical Ornithology
• 300428 VO+UE+EX Ephemeroptera identification course - advanced level
• 300430 EX Vertebrate ecological excursion: Soca/ Isonzo - valley - Habitats in a Kars-river valley from the spring to the estuary
• 300464 VO Behavioral Ecology
• 300482 VO The world of mites - morphology, biology, ecology, phylogeny, medical and commercial relevance
• 300539 VO Austrian butterflies and their habitats - Identification, ecology and conservation; with field demonstrations
• 300541 VO Lecture Series Bird Ecology
• 300562 VO Ornithology IV - Ornithology IV
• 300663 VO Basic Neurobiology
• 300672 PR Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
• 300683 VO Physiology of the Senses
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes