Evolutionary Ecology & Global Change

Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Global Change


Prof. Dr. J.F. Niek Scheepens, scheepens@bio.uni-frankfurt.detelephone 069 798 42132

Together with the staff of the working group Plant Evolutionary Ecology



Module information 


Compared to most animals, plants have low mobility and, therefore cannot easily escape adverse environmental conditions. Within the context of global change (climate change, land-use change, etc.), plants need to either adjust their spatial distribution or adapt plastically or evolutionarily to novel environmental conditions. Are they able to do so?
In the lectures, we teach theoretical knowledge from the field of plant evolutionary ecology extended with ecophysiology to understand how plants can adapt evolutionarily to different stress factors. Variation among and within plant species in ecologically relevant traits plays a central role in such adaptations. Furthermore, we focus on methodological approaches in experimental plant ecology, ecophysiology, quantitative genetics, and population genetics in lectures and seminars. In seminar meetings, participants will read and present scientific articles, which will subsequently be critically discussed within the group.
In the practicals, students will design evolutionary ecological experiments (two students per experiment). These experiments will be conducted in the greenhouse or climate chambers, and the results will be presented orally in a symposium. In workshops, students will learn the basics of experimental design, and they will be taught skills to analyze and visualize the acquired data using the statistical software package R.












Time slot of the module: Second half of the winter semester


Number of participants: 12


Special features: The module is taught in English.


Homepages of the working group

Studiengangs-koordination 

Dr. Sabrina Schiwy

Biologicum, Campus Riedberg

Flügel C, Raum3.318
Max-von-Laue-Str. 13
60438 Frankfurt am Main

F +49 69 798-42173

Office hour:

by arrangement

E-Mail schiwy@bio.uni-frankfurt.de

Prüfungsamt

Sandra Luckert

Biozentrum, Campus Riedberg
Gebäude N 101, Raum 1.07
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9
60438 Frankfurt am Main

T +49 69 798-46475

F +49 69 798-46470 

Office hours:  

Tuesday and thursday from 12-14 o'clock and by arrangement

E-Mail pabio2@bio.uni-frankfurt.de