Bio-8103, Quantitative Vegetation Ecology

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Work Load 5  credits (ECTS)

Contents Through lectures and practical training, the students will be trained in the use of numerical methods for analysis of ecological data. Focus is on sampling, analyses and interpretation of vegetational data. Most of the time, the students will be trained in the use the program packages CANOCO and CANODRAW. The course is primarily aimed for students who work with a master thesis in Botanical Biodiversity or Environmental Botany/Palaeoecology.

Recommended previous qualifications STA-0001 Applied statistics 1

Form of teaching An intensive course during two weeks: 15h lectures and 30 h PC-lab.

Coursework requirements PC-lab

Exam and assessment Home exam (Project work). The students will be given some quantitative ecological data that have to be analysed with numerical methods, and explained in an essay. Letter grades, A-F.

Course overlap BIO-3116 -1      5 sp

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