F1 Internship

This course introduces a large variety of typical crops from the region around Würzburg and will record vascular plants, pollinators, pest insects and natural enemies comparing organic and conventional cereal fields. We will visit an organic farmer with vineyards, cereal fields, fodder beet and cattle and will have a tour to a newly established agroforestry site.

This practical course introduces students to the life of honeybees and wild bees; principles and techniques of beekeeping; resource use of honey bees and wild bees; Taxonomy of wild bees, opponent of bees, wild bees in different habitats (excursion) and honey bee excursion to the bee centre in Veitshöchheim.

This course usually takes place in East Africa, often in Kenya, and includes excursions to African ecosystems such as coral reefs and savanna national parks. Small projects related to ecology or nature conservation are carried out in the tropical ecosystem.

Methods of vertebrate sampling, main determinants of vertebrate communities in forests, impacts of vertebrates on forests, impact of forest management on vertebrates, and conservation strategies. The course will be hold at Fabrikschleichach or in the Bavarian Forest National Park. 

Observation and recording in the habitat, identification and characteristics of different arthropod groups, field experiments.

We use the R to implement different simulation techniques and modelling methods. By relating the basic processes of foraging, reproduction, death, movement, and dispersal to population and environmental characteristics, we develop tools which can then be combined in student projects such as “Effects of harvesting strategies on hamster survival”.

This practical course introduces chemical interaction of organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment with a focus on evolutionary and ecological research questions. You will learn adequate biological methods to study these interactions as well as analytical methods to characterize the substances used by the organisms. 

This course uses practical experience to introduce students to molecular methods that are currently being applied in biodiversity monitoring and other ecological research questions. The students learn how to plan and implement current molecular methods and how to use bioinformatics and statistics to process and analyse the resulting data.