Additionally 4 places for BUA students

Additional module information: Modulbeschreibung der Modulvariante Biotic Interactions in a changing world

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 1, 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

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Information for BUA students: This module is aimed at Master's students in ecology, biology or related fields. It will be held in English, and participants are expected to give a presentation in English. Please consider this before applying for a place as a BUA student. Schließen

Contents:
The lecture covers how ecological research is applied to pressing social-ecological questions in our increasingly globalized world. The main focus will be on how biotic interactions (such as predator-prey and host-parasite interactions, competition and mutualism) are changing in the face of biological invasions, climate change, urbanization, habitat fragmentation and pollution in the Anthropocene. Classic ecological research concepts and insights are combined with interdisciplinary aspects of modern research fields, for example disease ecology, invasion ecology and ecological economics.

Learning objectives:
At the end of the course, participants will have an advanced understanding of biotic interactions and how they are changing in a globalized world. They will be familiar with classic ecological knowledge and how it is applied to ongoing changes in the Anthropocene.

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