449338-FS2025-0-Advanced Plant Biology: Community Ecology





Root number 449338
Semester FS2025
Type of course Course
Allocation to subject Plant Sciences
Type of exam not defined
Title Advanced Plant Biology: Community Ecology
Description During 4 weeks: 4.-7. semester week
Lecture, seminar and practical.

This advanced course will teach students about key current topics in plant community ecology. Topics covered in depth include plant competition and facilitation, coexistence and niche theory, functional trait approaches, impacts of herbivores and pathogens on plant communities and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Students will also learn about some key techniques in plant community ecology, including how to measure functional traits, how to design experiments, how to parameterise coexistence models and estimate coexistence mechanisms between species and how to statistically analyse data from biodiversity experiments. The course is a mix of lectures, group discussions and practicals.
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. Eric AllanInstitute of Plant Sciences (IPS) 
Dr. Gemma RuttenInstitute 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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