Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brüggemann, w.brueggemann@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, Phone +49 69 798 42222
Prof. Dr. Niek Scheepens, scheepens@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, Phone +49 69 798 42132
Vera Holland, vholland@gmx.de, Phone +49 69 798 42188
Module information
Compared to most animals, plants have low mobility and therefore cannot
easily escape adverse environmental conditions. Within the context of global
change (climate change, land-use change, etc.), plants need to either adjust
their spatial distribution or adapt plastically of evolutionarily to new
environmental conditions. Are they able to do so?
In the lectures, we teach theoretical knowledge from the fields of
plant evolutionary ecology extended with ecophysiology to understand how plants
can adapt physiologically and evolutionarily to different stress factors. Variation
among and within plant species in ecologically relevant traits play a central
role in such adaptations. Furthermore, we focus on methodological approaches in
experimental plant ecology, ecophysiology, quantitative genetics, and
population genetics in lectures and seminars. In seminar meetings, participants
will read scientific articles, which will subsequently be critically discussed within
the group.
In the practicals, participants will be split into two groups. One
group will design evolutionary ecological experiments (two students per
experiment), which will be conducted in the greenhouse or climate chambers, and
the results will be presented orally. In addition, participants will learn the
basics of the statistical software package R to analyze and visualize the
acquired data. The other group will organize a symposium on the theme of Global
Change and Plants. Topics of the oral presentations concern the physical basis
of climate change and its consequences for the Earth, for its main ecosystems
and most important plant groups, and plant populations. Results of the
experiments from the first group will also be presented during the symposium.
Time slot of the module: Second half of
the winter semester
Number of participants: 12
Special features: The module is
conducted partly or entirely in English.
Homepages of the working groups:
Dr. Sabrina Schiwy
Biologicum, Campus Riedberg
Flügel C, Raum3.318
Max-von-Laue-Str. 13
60438 Frankfurt am Main
F +49 69 798-42173
Office hour:
by arrangement
E-Mail schiwy@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
Sandra Luckert
Biozentrum, Campus Riedberg
Gebäude N 101, Raum 1.07
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9
60438 Frankfurt am Main
T +49 69 798-46475
F +49 69 798-46470
Office hours:
Tuesday and thursday from 12-14 o'clock and by arrangement
E-Mail pabio2@bio.uni-frankfurt.de