Seminar: Island biogeography & the theory of biodiversity (28321)

WS 2007/2008
2007-12-01-2007-12-02 (several days), R 123 / GEO II

Amarnath Giriraj

Last chance to see
The seminar on island biogeography takes place the last time this semester!
It will be held in English, the first meeting has already taken place on Thursday, 18.10.2007. Who still wants to join - please contact Giriraj Amarnath directly.

The seminar will be held in a compact block form on the 1. and 2. of December starting at 9am in the seminar room of the biogeography chair R 123 / GEO II.

Island biogeography become after the development of the theory of islands notably by MacArthur and Wilson (1967) to one of the theoretically established approaches in ecology. Besides the reflexion of specific conditions on islands and the consequences on population ecology and speciation, the transfer of states and findings related to islands for miscellaneous habitats and for landscape biodiversity will be discussed.

We will further discuss the theoretical fundamentals of biodiversity research and introduce the hotspots of biodiversity (world/europe & germany). Furthermore we talk about topics related to the loss of biodiversity on a global and regional scale and about the latest questions in biodiversity research (like specific ecosystem functions and ecosystem services with regards to [bio]diversity). Also biodiversity as a normative value in nature conservation will be analyzed.