10435-FS2025-0-Advanced Plant Biology: Plant Ecology / Pflanzenbiologie für Fortgeschrittene: Pflanzenökologie





Root number 10435
Semester FS2025
Type of course Course
Allocation to subject Plant Sciences
Type of exam not defined
Title Advanced Plant Biology: Plant Ecology / Pflanzenbiologie für Fortgeschrittene: Pflanzenökologie
Description During 4 weeks: 2.-3 and 11.-12. semester week
Lecture, seminar and practical.

Advanced course about plant population and evolutionary ecology, with a special emphasis on experimental methods as well as causes and consequences of variation within plant species. Topics covered include local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, maternal effects, genetic diversity, community genetics, often in the context of global environmental change. The course is a mix of lectures, workshops and practical work. Students also learn the basics of experimental design, quantitative genetics, methods for ecological synthesis, and in particular they independently design and conduct a plant ecological experiment, and analyse and present its results.
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Markus FischerInstitute of Plant Sciences (IPS) 
Dr. Daniel PratiInstitute of Plant Sciences (IPS) 
ECTS 5
Recognition as optional course possible Yes
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
Thursday 10:15-17:00 Weekly
Friday 10:15-17:00 Weekly
 
Rooms Seminarraum 201, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften
 
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