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Biodiversity, 15 credits

The course is discontinued

Swedish name: Biologisk mångfald
This syllabus is valid: 2014-06-16 and until further notice
Course code: 5BI007
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Biology: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2014-06-18

Contents

The focus is on species-rich groups of cryptogams and insects of special interest for conservation biology. The course gives training in species identification of Swedish fungi, lichens and mosses. Another part of the course focuses on insects including collecting, identification and evaluation of species lists. The theoretical part of the course deals with central issues for biodiversity-related research, e.g. systematic methods, taxonomy, nomenclature, phylogeny, and classification.

Required Knowledge

60 ECTS Biology

Literature

Valid from: 2009 week 35

Mossor : en fälthandbok
Hallingbäck Tomas, Holmåsen Ingmar
2., rev. och väsentligt utök. uppl. : Stockholm : Interpublishing : 1985 : 287, [1] s. :
ISBN: 91-86448-11-0 (inb.)
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Lavar : en fälthandbok
Moberg Roland, Holmåsen Ingmar, Moberg Roland, Montrevel-Wiking Paula
3., rev. uppl. : Stockholm : Interpublishing : 1990 : 240 s. :
ISBN: 91-86448-25-0 (inb.)
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Svampar : en fälthandbok
Ryman Svengunnar, Holmåsen Ingmar
3., rev. uppl. : Stockholm : Interpublishing : 1992 : 718 s. :
ISBN: 91-86448-31-5 (inb.)
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