bio655 - Ornithology in theoretical Concepts

bio655 - Ornithology in theoretical Concepts

Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences 12 KP
module responsibility
  • Miriam Liedvogel
Prüfungsberechtigt
  • Miriam Liedvogel
  • Sandra Bouwhuis
  • Ulrike Langemann
  • Henrik Mouritsen
  • Heiko Schmaljohann
  • Wieland Heim
Module counselling
  • Sandra Bouwhuis
  • Ulrike Langemann
  • Henrik Mouritsen
  • Heiko Schmaljohann
  • Wieland Heim
Module components Semester courses Wintersemester 2025/2026 Examination
Lecture
  • Limited access 5.02.656 - Ecology, evolution and sensory biology of birds Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Sandra Bouwhuis
    • Dr. Ulrike Langemann
    • Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel
    • Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
    • Prof. Dr. Heiko Schmaljohann
    • Dr. Wieland Heim
    • Matthias Weissensteiner
    • Pablo Salmon
    • Dr. Robert Rollins

    Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 13/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Tuesday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 14/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 14/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Thursday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 16/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Dates on Monday, 15.12.2025, Monday, 26.01.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Location: V03 0-C002, W04 1-162

    The lecture will be held in English. Guest students (and LÖK students) are not required to attend the seminar. Birds play an important role in basic research and nature conservation. The lecture series provides a general background and highlights individual case studies to teach the diverse physiological adaptations of birds to their environment, their diet, their habitat selection, aspects of communication, bird migration, their reproductive ecology, life history, population biology as well as various areas of their behavioural ecology, from sexual selection to mating and helper systems. Module bio655: ONE of the courses 5.02.658 and 5.02.659 must be chosen. Note: Students who would like to study bio655 from another subject area (outside BIO and LÖK) are requested to get in touch with the relevant contact person at the examination office as soon as possible.

Seminar
  • Limited access 5.02.657 - Current topics in Ornithology Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Sandra Bouwhuis
    • Dr. Ulrike Langemann
    • Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel
    • Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
    • Prof. Dr. Heiko Schmaljohann
    • Dr. Wieland Heim
    • Matthias Weissensteiner
    • Pablo Salmon
    • Dr. Robert Rollins

    Monday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 13/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Thursday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 16/10/25), Location: W04 1-171
    Dates on Monday, 24.11.2025 12:00 - 14:00, Location: W01 1-117

  • Limited access 5.02.658 - Methods in Field Ornithology (Option I) Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Heiko Schmaljohann
    • Dr. Ulrike Langemann

    Tuesday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 28/10/25)
    Thursday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 30/10/25)
    Dates on Tuesday, 14.10.2025 14:00 - 16:00

  • Limited access 5.02.659 - Behavioural Ecology of Birds (Option II) Show lecturers
    • Dr. Ulrike Langemann

    Monday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 13/10/25)
    Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 14/10/25)

    Veranstaltung in der ersten Semesterhälfte (Kommentar: Aus den Veranstaltungen 5.02.658 und 5.02.659 muss EINE gewählt werden.)

Hinweise zum Modul
Reference text
associated with bio663
Kapazität/Teilnehmerzahl 30
Prüfungszeiten
exam during final lecture week
Module examination
3 exams:
- 2 presentations (20% each; the main seminar is mandatory, one of the two options need to be taken in addition)
- 1 written exam or 1 oral exam (60%)
Regular active participation is required for the module to be passed successfully.
Skills to be acquired in this module

The aim of the module is to consolidate various aspects of ornithology. The module imparts advanced knowledge on different aspects of ornithology.

The students acquire:

An extended knowledge of behavioural, sensory, morphological and physiological characteristics in birds and relevant fundamental concept in conservation, ecology and evolution smorphological and physiological fundamentals and the resulting ecological and behaviour-biological consequences in birds

Knowledge, presentation and discussion of relevant English literature from various fields of ornithology

++ broad and deepened biological expertise

+ deepened in depths knowledge of biological working methods

+ interdisciplinary thinking

+ critical and analytical thinking

+ independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature

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


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