Lecture/Exercise course: Foundations of Biogeographical Modelling (GCE:M4) (74051)

SS 2018
Mo.: 10:00-14:00, AI (PC-Pool); 1st half of semester

Mirela Beloiu Schwenke, Esther Baumann

Lecture/Exercise course, 2 ECTS 

Starting date: 09.04.2018

 The course takes place in the first half of the semester

 Learning Objective:

"Biogeographic Modelling" concentrates on quantitative description of expansion and frequency of organisms on different spatial standards as well as recording of underlying mechanisms.

Aim of the course is to teach practical knowledge about the most important modelling approaches, from process oriented, individually based models to traditional statistical methods.

 Course Content: Vegetation models, distribution models, handling of spatial data in models, home range analyses