833318 Global change ecology
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Zaller, Johann
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2024/25
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Overcoming the impact of global, anthropogenic global changes on organisms and ecosystem will be among our the greatest challenge in the future. In this lecture students will learn the theoretical background of the mode of action of selected global changes as greenhouse effect (atmospheric CO2 concentrations, warming, extreme weather events), ozone hole vs. surface ozone and interactions between these factors. Following, methodological approaches for studying global change effects will be discussed. Then, a state-of-the art of global change ecology in terrestrial ecosystems and their feedback mechanisms will be given. At the end, a critical discussion with students about the presentation of this topic in media will be organised.
- Previous knowledge expected
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no
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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1.Getting to know the most important, anthropogenic global changes
2.Understanding the mechanisms how organisms and ecosystems respond to global change factors
3.Knowing experimental and methodological approaches to study past and prospected global changes
4.Explore key research findings on global change effects on organisms and ecosystems
5.Critical discussion of scientific and pseudo-scientific publications on this topic
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.