Registration ends 07.4.2026 at 23:59 h

If your registration for this course is successful you will registered automatically for the course Laborübung 5 - Einführung in die Ökologie - LÜ (Luzie Emilia Glock, Joice Klipel, N. N., Michael Staab, Sophia Carmel Turner, David Walmsley).

Please note that the field exercises not only differ in dates, but also in their topics and the study locations. For some exercises you will have to stay overnight, and for some exercises you need a bicycle.

FOR THIS FIELD EXERCISE YOU NEED A BIKE AND A TENT (or share a tent with someone), as we CAMP at the ELBELING CAMPSITE near Radegast:
This is a hands-on field exercise where you get to experience and get to know a species-rich meadow in the Elbe river area and learn how to identify plant species, as well as measure how species increase with the area you sample in a meadow. Thus, it is very much about learning by doing, and testing a key ecological theory in the field.
For this exercise you need to bring your own bicycle. We cannot make exceptions for this, and please check your bike tires are well pumped up before setting out to the Elbe. Many thanks. We are also staying one night (Friday night) in the campsite near Radegast, and so you need to organise with your co-students to bring a tent, mat and sleeping bag. One cannot borrow a tent on the campsite, so please make sure you have this equipment with you. If there is some bigger equipment that you cannot manage to transport on your bikes, we can transport this in the institute van.

The main goals of this exercise are 1) create a rational and emotional connection to the meadows of the Elbe and their diversity, 2) understand the different methods of assessing plant biodiversity, their various strengths and weakness, 3) evaluate how species number changes with the area sampled.

Further information on teaching evaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/en/teaching/quality-management/feedback-instruments.html