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Lehrveranstaltungen

Designing and Analysing Ecological Experiments (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Benjamin Delory

Termin:
14-täglich | Freitag | 09:00 - 12:00 | 06.04.2021 - 09.07.2021 | Online-Veranstaltung

Inhalt: Doing experiments in ecology and environmental sciences well is an art that needs to be learned. There are good and bad ways to perform experiments. One can either bumble ones way through, without considering key aspects of experimental design and analysis or one can learn and internalize the key factors that ensure your experiment has the best chances of success in terms of results and impact. If you want to learn the key tools and characteristics of the successful design and analysis of experiments, this is the course for you. There is no prerequisite needed to be able to attend this seminar (if you have never used R before, this seminar is a very good place to start). THIS COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT. The organisation of this seminar will rely on two main platforms: Moodle and Zoom. In Moodle, detailed videos and tutorials will be provided on a regular basis (typically every two weeks). Students that will be officially registered for this course are strongly encouraged to watch the videos, read the key papers that will be featured in the videos and tutorials (the papers will be provided by the lecturer), and repeat the examples that will be provided in the tutorials. These tutorials will mainly focus on data exploration and analysis using the R statistical environment. An introduction to R programming will also be provided. Using Zoom, a video conference with all students will be organised for oral presentations (students will work in groups to present the experimental design and main results of published studies selected by B. Delory). In the videos and tutorials, the following topics will be discussed: - Introduction to ecological experiments: this seminar will show numerous examples of experiments performed to answer ecological questions; - Posing questions and using experiments to test hypotheses: this seminar will illustrate complementary ways to perform experiments in ecology and will review important considerations that researchers have to think of when designing manipulative experiments; - Data exploration using R - Data analysis using R - Introduction to R programming - Communicating with others about experimental design and analysis During the seminar, students will also work individually on a specific problem related to plant sciences. The main objective of this exercise is to allow students to practise data exploration and analysis using R.

Introduction to Spatial analysis in GIS (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Simon Thomsen

Inhalt: Sustainability challenges often require analysis and knowledge of spatial data like land-use or pattern of infrastructure. GIS tools offer both mapping and data analysis options and are widely used in science and application. In this course you will get to know ArcGIS, a commercial programme used, e.g. at University and planning agencies. You will learn the basics this program has to offer and develop your own small project.