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Ecological Toolbox (MS-OE-ÖTB)

Responsible for the module: Prof. Dr. Petra Quillfeldt
Target group: Bio MSc, PV, 1. Sem, module duration: 6 weeks
9 CP
https://www.uni-giessen.de/mug/7/findex36.html/7_36_08_1_B, Spezielle Ordnung aktuelle Fassung, Anlage 2: Modulbeschreibungen, Ökologische Toolbox

 

A variety of fundamental topics await you in the Ecological Toolbox. You will develop the use of important "tools of the trade" for your chosen specialization of ecology, evolution, and conservation.

 

Module components include:

  • Statistics
  • Conservation law
  • Environmental analysis
  • Laboratory animal science
  • GIS (geographic information system)

 

In statistics, theoretical background of statistics as well as statistical methods and their fields of application will be taught. You will learn the practical handling of RStudio, which is used for countless scientific studies.

 

In the module on nature conservation law, you will receive an overview of environmental law, its basic principles and protected assets, and you will be informed about the legal framework of nature conservation at various legal levels. Possibilities of public and association participation will be presented. Current examples will be used to explain the approach to legal issues and to train the handling of legal literature.

 

In laboratory animal science you will be familiarized, among other topics, with the applicable legal regulations, ethics in animal-based research, the 3R concept and humane endpoints. This is done in cooperation with the Professorship for Laboratory Animal Science FB11 of the JLU, Prof. Dr. med. vet. Stephanie Krämer (JLU Animal Welfare Officers: https://www.uni-giessen.de/org/beauftragte/aufgaben/tschbjlu). With the acquired knowledge, the certificate of competence according to the Animal Welfare Act is made possible, which concludes this part of the module.

 

With the handling of QGIS 2.18 you will work out the spatial analysis of data and its presentation. This module part is video-based and supported by textual help. Application will be practiced through a project assignment using data from the Quillfeldt Lab Behavioral Ecology and Ecophysiology nest box project.

 

Fig. 1: Created QGIS map with partial section of JLUs natural science campus for the location of nest boxes and feeding sites of the Quillfeldt Labs Behavioral Ecology and Ecophysiology nest box project as a project task of the GIS module part ÖTB. (Uta Gerz 01/2021)