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MASTERS PROGRAMME: MSC/MA BIOGEOGRAPHY

AGE 807

Ecological Biogeography

 

Course content (including topics)

Origin and development of biogeography, Concepts of temporal and spatial patterns of species distribution, The biome system, Forms and agents of disturbance, Plant strategies, Tolerance and present distribution

 

AGE 808

Methods and Techniques of Biogeography

 

Course content (including topics)

Systems analysis of the geosystem components, Models of change dispersal, Vegetation analysis and mapping, Population structure and analysis, Dynamics of community structures, Remote sensing systems for resource studies

AGE 809

Palaeoecology

 

Course content (including topics)

Palaecological data: Palynology, dendrochronology, archaeology, stratigraphy, varve analysis, planktonic geochronology, radiometric dating, palaeomagnetism, other dating techniques for palaeoecological reconstruction and palaeobiogeographical interpretation; Origin and evolution of the biosphere, Carboniferous and Pleistocene glaciations: their record in an influence on the biosphere; The Pleistocene mass killing; Impact of extraterrestrial bodies; Plate tectonics and continental drift: their influence on the evolution of the biosphere.

AGE 819

Conservation Biogeography

 

Course content (including topics)

Island Biogeography.  Tropical geography and species diversity.  Causes of extinction.  Endangered resources: their conservation and preservation. Nature reserves.  Man and the environment, diversity, of food resources.  Intensification of modern agriculture and management techniques.

 

 

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