This course will focus on processes important in biosphere-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases as well as methods used to scale these exchange processes to understand their importance in global biogeochemical cycles.
The emphasis will be on plants since soil science is covered in a separate course.
Category: Core course
Credits: 0.2 per course day
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If you are an doctoral researcher with limited background knowledge in biology and ecology, this is the right course for you.
September 16 - November 1, 2022
Am Planetarium 1: Lecture hall (ground floor of the Schleiden Institute)
Excursion: Meeting point at the entrance of the Jena Experiment
MPI-BGC: B0.002 and outside
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L = lecture, D = demonstration, P = practical, E = excursion
Day & slot | Type | Content | Who & where |
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Sept 16 | Introduction | Richard Nair | |
9:00 - 10:30 | L |
Hierarchical theory and levels of organization of biological systems | MPI-BGC B0.002 |
Sept 21 | Biodiversity and ecosystem functions & ecophysiology I | Christine Römermann and | |
9:00 - 11:00 | L |
Biodiversity |
Am Planetarium 1: Lecture hall, ground floor of the Schleiden Institute |
11:30 - 13:00 | E | Excursion to the Jena Experiment | Markus Lange |
14:00 - 16:00 | L/D/P | Biodiversity & Ecophysiology | Am Planetarium 1: lecture hall |
Sept 22 | Plant traits and modeling plant/soil | Jens Kattge | |
09:00 -12:30 | L |
Biogeochemical cycles in general & models of BGC cycles |
MPI-BGC B0.002 |
Sept 30 | Dendrochronology | David Herrera | |
09:00 - 12:00 | L |
Introduction to dendrochronology |
MPI-BGC B0.002 |
13:00 - 15:00 | P |
Hands-on | |
Oct 5 | Ecophysiology II | Henrik Hartmann | |
09:00 - 13:00 | L |
Carbon Metabolism, water in plants, transport processes, nutrients and interactions |
MPI-BGC B0.002 |
13:00 - 17:00 | D/P | Hands on part |
MPI-BGC outside / basement |
Oct 6 | From plants to planet: The global biosphere | Axel Kleidon | |
09:00 - 10:45 | L, D, P |
Population dynamics and resources | MPI-BGC B0.002 |
11:00 - 12:45 | L |
Dynamics of the biosphere | |
14:15 - 16:00 | L |
Planetary dynamics | |
Nov 1 | Introduction to global biosphere modelling | Ana Bastos | |
9:30 - 11:00 | L |
Mathematical representation of ecosystem models | MPI-BGC B0.002 |
11:30 - 12:30 | P/D |
Building a simple biogeochemical model in 3 steps of abstraction (visual representation, mathematical representation, working model) | |
13:30 - 16:00 | P/D |
Building a simple biogeochemical model in 3 steps of abstraction (visual representation, mathematical representation, working model) |
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