Practical: Case study vegetation ecology

the course will run in the second half of the summer semester and will start with an BigBlueButton Webkonference (in Moodle) on Friday May 29th at 10 am:

Due to the current situation we will be able to do fieldwork in small groups.

The course will consist of 6 days of fieldwork (4. + 5. June, 11.+12. June, 18. + 19. June), during which we will re-sample vegetation data together with biomass samples

due to the large group and the restriction that only groups of 2 students can work together, at each field day only half of the total group can join

the fieldwork will be followed by online BBB conferences in order to analyse the data together.

followed by the writing of scientific reports in small groups, which will be graded

Empfohlen:

Rothmaler (2007): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland: 4 Bde..

Scheffer, F. Schachtschabel, P. (2002): Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde.

Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung (2005).

The course runs during the second half of the summer semester, mostly on Thursdays and Fridays for full days.

recommendation: completion of Module E18 Vegetation Ecology I

writing of a scientific paper based on the data from the field lab

Learning outcomes:

• in-depth-knowledge of the basic landscape-ecological components (climate, relief, soil, water, vegetation, mankind) of the Central-European landscape in space and time at an example case
• practical knowledge of collecting data in field and preparation of scientific data
• knowledge and practical skills for quantitative analysis of plant communities
• in-depth-knowledge of presentation and discussion of current topics of vegetation ecology

Module content:

• Development of a research question in vegetation ecology
• use of gradient gradient analysis in vegetation ecology
• lab analysis of biomass and site parameters
• Data preparation and quantitative-statistical data analysis