Tropical Ecology

This practical course usually takes place in East Africa, often Kenya and contains excursions to African ecosystems like coral reefs and savanna national parks. It is only offered every second year and students have to cover essential part of costs themselves. In the tropical ecosystem, small projects with ecological or nature conservation related issues will be performed. Here the students should learn about the steps of experiment design, implementation, data analysis, up to data presentation. In the evening seminar, recent publications are presented in the field of Tropical Ecology and will be discussed.