Evolutionary Plant Ecology BIOR99
15 credits
After completing this course, you will have acquired in-depth knowledge in evolutionary plant ecology, including plant evolution, adaptation and speciation as well as how these processes are affected by life history, reproduction and interactions with other organisms. The course also aims to give the student the tools to carry out analyzes and studies of plants and plant communities as well as conservation work.
This course includes:
- Variation in life-histories, reproductive systems and interactions with other organisms observed in plants, and how this variation influences plant ecology, evolution and conservation work
- Processes that lead to evolution, adaptation and speciation of plants
- Patterns of variation and evolution in plants and how it is influenced by phenotypic plasticity, hybridization, clonality, polyploidy, and postglacial colonisation history
- Plant communities from an ecological and evolutionary perspective
- Effect of global environmental changes on plants and plant communities
Autumn period 2
Full-time, on campus, in English
Application
You will find information about application, prerequisites and the syllabus at Lund University's central web pages in February 2025
Course literature, 2025
Not yet decided
Schedule
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Evaluation
This course is given for the first time autumn 2025
Questions?
Lotta Persmark, Study advisor, biology and bioinformatics
Telephone: +46 46 222 37 28
Email: Lotta [dot] Persmark [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotta[dot]Persmark[at]biol[dot]lu[dot]se)