UFRGS-302 Theory and Analysis of Community Assembly and Organization

Period P3e - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil				Year 2
UFRGS-302	Theory and Analysis of Community Assembly and Organization	4 ECTS		Period P3e	UFRGS
Objectives:The course is about concepts and methods useful for the analysis of assembly patterns of biodiversity by integrating at the metacommunity level phenotypic and phylogenetic information referring to the community components and variables referring to the ecosystems. Outcomes:It is expected that the students will have a clear understanding of theories and methods applied to biodiversity analysis at the community and metacommunity levels and that they will be able to ask relevant questions, compile and analyze existing data, and interpret the results.		Compulsory	Taught in EN		Mixed
		Evaluation		Workload : 100 hours
		Written Exam		Lecture	12
		Oral Exam		Seminar	3
		Report		Practice	15
		Paper	100%	Total	30h
		Defence		Field	No