lök900 Landscape Ecology Internal Research Module (Complete module description)

++ deepened expertise in landscape ecology

++ deepened knowledge of working methods in the field of landscape ecology

++ data analysis skills

++ critical and analytical thinking

++ independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature

++ ability to perform independent landscape ecology research

++ data presentation and discussion in German or English (written and spoken)

+ teamwork

++ project and time management

++ statistics & scientific programming

++ experience of working in a new scientific environment

Students perform individual research projects to learn:

 • planning and organization of a research project in a group outside of the University of Oldenburg

 • formulating a scientific hypothesis

 • planning, performing and analyzing experiments or correlative studies

 • working with scientific literature on the specific context of the project

 • oral presentation and discussion of backgrounds and results in the lab seminar

 • writing a scientific report in publication format

Students are introduced to independent research in a specific area of landscape ecology by a working group of the regular IBU Biology faculty at the University of Oldenburg.

Course work should cover all parts of a scientific project, i.e. developing hypotheses, data collection, data analysis and the presentation of the results. Irrespective of the particular venue (universities, research institutes) the student has to report to a professor in Oldenburg in form of a written scientific report (or scientific poster) and an oral presentation, both in English or German.

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