701-0364-00L Flora and Vegetation of the Alps
| Semester | Spring Semester 2020 |
| Lecturers | A. Widmer |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Comment | Zur dieser Vorlesung gehört eine 4-tägige Exkursion (max. 24 Plätze) nach Davos. Für eine Teilnahme an der Exkursion muss die Lehrveranstaltung «Böden und Vegetation der Alpen» (Nr. 701-0362-00) separat belegt werden. |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
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| 701-0364-00 V | Flora und Vegetation der Alpen Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Zur dieser Vorlesung gehört eine 4-tägige Exkursion nach Davos. Für eine Teilnahme an der Exkursion muss die Lehrveranstaltung «Böden und Vegetation der Alpen» (Nr. 701-0362-00) separat belegt werden. | 1 hrs |
| A. Widmer |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This course provides an introduction to the flora and vegetation of the Alps. This includes the climatic conditions at different elevations, the origin of Alpine plants, centers of diversity, ecological requirements and adaptations to prevailing environmental conditions, as well as characteristic plant communities at different altitudes and soil types. |
| Learning objective | The students - understand how climatic and edaphic factors affect the occurrence and distribution of alpine plants - know characteristic plant species of the subalpine and alpine elevational belts in the Alps - are familiar with characteristic plant communities on acidic, basic and ultramafic soils in the subalpine and alpine elevational belts. |
| Content | Climatic conditions at different elevations in the Alps; origin and distribution patterns; centers of diversity; ecological requirements and adaptations to prevailing environmental conditions; altitudinal belts; characteristic plant communities on different bedrock (dolomite, acidic and basic silicates, serpentine). |
| Lecture notes | Course material will be provided. |
| Literature | Landolt E. 2003: Unsere Alpenflora. 7.Aufl., SAC-Verlag. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Solid background in systematic botany and successful participation in the course "Systematic Biology: Plants" (Nr. 701-0360-00). It is further recommended that students have also participated in the block course "Plant Diversity" (Nr. 701-2314-00L), or alternatively the two courses "Plant Diversity: Colline/Montane" (701-0314-00L) and "Plant Diversity: Subalpine/Alpine" (701-0314-01L). Notice: The 4-day excursion “Soils and Vegetation of the Alps” (Nr. 701-0362-00) belongs to this lecture course. The excursion takes place in Davos from Wednesday 1 July to Saturday 4 July 2020. Please note that this course will be taught in German. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 1 credit |
| Examiners | A. Widmer |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | German |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Learning materials
| No public learning materials available. | |
| Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General | Permission from lecturers required for all students |
