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Kurse, Exkursionen
Ökologische Exkursionen durch den Australischen Kontinent
Die Australische Firma PavEcol organisiert und führt Exkursionen für deutsche Universitätsstudenten der Vegetations- und Landschaftökologie, der Geobotanik, dem Naturschutz und der Biogeographie durch.
Die Exkursionen werden meist durch eine Vorlesung über die Evolution, die Geologie, Vegetation und den Naturschutz Australiens vorbereitet und führen entlang eines Nordost-Südwest bzw Nord-Süd Transekts, um klimatisch und edaphisch bedingte Veränderungen der Landschaft zu studieren. Kartenmaterial, Bestimmungs- sowie Fachliteratur werden von PavEcol während der Exkursionen zur Verfügung gestellt. Themen der Landdegradation, der Kontrolle invasiver Arten sowie des Ökotourismus werden in exkursionsbegleitenden Vorträgen von Fachleuten behandelt. Führungen auf Naturschutz-Reservaten beschäftigen sich mit Fragen des Feuermanagements, der Erosion, der Revegetation und der Kooperation mit Eingeborenen.
Die Exkursionen sind auch für Interessenten mit niedrigem Budget geeignet (Übernachtungen auf Campingplätzen und in einfachen Unterkünften auf Reservaten, Selbstverpflegung, einfacher Transfer).
Weitere Informationen von:
PavEcol
(Dr. Sigrid Heise-Pavlov)
ryparosa@bigpond.com
www.pavecol.com
8. - 20. Januar 2012
XLAB Science School
XLAB Science School is an international science program for undergraduate and aspiring university students
Students may select one of four parallel courses. The 2012 XLAB course selection focuses on life sciences, and includes courses in Anatomy, Ecophysiology, Molecular Genetics, and Neurobiology. In the first week there will be an introductory course on both theoretical and experimental methods. In the second week students will be conducting their own experimental projects in small groups of three. Courses will be supervised by scientists from the XLAB and Georg-August-University of Göttingen as well as affiliated research organizations. The lab courses will be accompanied by both scientific lectures and presentations.
www.xlab-goettingen.de/science_school_information.html
16. - 22. März 2012
SUMMER SCHOOL in China: Scientific writing in the context of Biodiversity – Ecosystem functioning
Understanding the underlying processes of ecosystem functioning is essential to maintain ecosystem services such as primary productivity, carbon and nitrogen storage, nutrient cycling, prevention of soil erosion, invasion of non-native species, or herbivore damage. In realizing that biodiversity both exerts influences on and responds to ecosystem functioning, a wealth of observational and experimental research projects have been designed and are currently being conducted, involving numerous doctoral students. It is a challenge for them to present these results to the scientific community. Two basic qualifications have to be learnt: (1) a good command of the theory behind one's research topic, and in particular the ability to permanently challenge the theory with the own data; and (2) the skill to write up the results in a way to meet the scientific demands of leading international journals, allowing for publishing high impact papers. Mastering these two skills is a key to successfully finish PhD theses, but also to become qualified for a continuation of scientific research at the postdoc level and beyond. This makes the topic of "Scientific writing in the context of Biodiversity – Ecosystem functioning " an ideal choice for a summer school.