Practical: Case study vegetation ecology

The organisation meeting will take place online on Wednesday, April 9 at 11 pm  in the BBB of the moodle course.

The course will run in the second half of the summer semester:

We will do 5 days of fieldwork in small groups where we sample vegetation and site data.

the fieldwork will be followed by lab work in small groups and two sessions in order to analyse the data together.

Examination type is a graded scientific report that can be written in small groups

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 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