3 ECTS credits
75 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4003969ENR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.
The course introduces the discipline of biogeography, which focuses on understanding and explaining the patterns of biodiversity across space and through time. Different chapters cover the science and history of biogeography (subject of biogeography and historical context), the geographic template of biogeography (physical environment, climate aspects), the distribution of species (patterns of distribution, data sampling, mapping and measuring, factors and processes limiting ranges), dispersal and immigration (importance of dispersal, colonization, dispersal modes and adaptations), the changing Earth (continental drift, tectonic history of continents, and biogeographic consequences), glaciation and biogeographic dynamics of the Pleistocene (Quaternary glaciations, biogeographic responses to Pleistocene climate cycles), the geography of diversification and regionalization (fundamental geographic patterns, endemism, cosmopolitanism, bioregionalization), and biogeographic “rules” (species–area relationship, species–isolation relationship, equilibrium model of island biogeography). Besides the lectures, the course unit includes different reading assignments that consist of carefully selected articles related to the content of the lectures.
Course material
This course explicitly contributes to the following competences of the biology curriculum:
General
Field specific
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Additional info regarding evaluation
Reading assignments are part of the exam, i.e., exam questions can be based on content of the reading assignment articles. There is written preparation time for the oral exam.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de biologie: ecologie en biodiversiteit
Master in de biologie: onderwijs
Master of Biology: Ecology and Biodiversity (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Educatieve master in de wetenschappen en technologie: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)