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| Udgave: |
Efterår 2012 NAT |
| ECTS points: |
7,5 |
| Point: |
7,5 |
| Blokstruktur: |
1. blok |
| Skemagruppe: |
B |
| Institutter: |
Biologisk Institut |
| Uddannelsesdel: |
Kandidat niveau |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Michael Poulsen, tlf. 3532 1292, email: mpoulsen@bio.ku.dk |
| Andre undervisere: |
Koos Boomsma and David Nash. |
| Skema- oplysninger: |
 Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Efterår 2012 NAT |
| Undervisnings- form: |
Nine hours of lectures and seminar class work per week for the first six weeks. In the 7th and 8th week, students will do a literature study and write a 5-page essay on a topic related to course papers. Each student will also give a short oral presentation during the course. |
| Formål: |
To give students a thorough understanding of life-history adaptations, of their ecological context, genetic variation and evolution. Students will gain a detailed perception of biological adaptation through natural and sexual selection, of the different levels of selection (genes, individuals, and social groups) and of the strength of these forces in shaping life-history adaptations. The course will enable students to integrate ecological, population genetic and evolutionary approaches. |
| Indhold: |
Mating systems and sexual selection; decision making and the evolution of communication; senescence and life histories in animals and microbes; life history traits: genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity; mutualistic interactions and their evolutionary stability; social evolution: cooperation and conflict; parasite-host interactions. |
| Målbeskrivelse: |
By completing the course the student can:
explain important concepts and current hypotheses for life history evolution
evaluate the influence of sexual selection on the evolution of mating systems in animals and plants
describe the connections between mating systems and population structure
explain the significance of cost-benefit and trade-off arguments for natural selection
explain the significance of reproductive conflicts in social systems and mutualisms
evaluate the significance of constraints on adaptive evolution by natural and sexual selection
independently retrieve and select information from the scientific literature and other relevant sources
present and critically discuss original scientific papers and reviews in the field of evolutionary ecology
present a coherent essay on a topic within this field of study
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| Lærebøger: |
The textbook "An Introduction to Behvioural Ecology" by N.B. Davies, J.R. Krebs and S.S. West, which will be supplemented with a compendium of primary research papers. Both to be bought before the start of the course.
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| Tilmelding: |
Registration for the course in the period 15 May - 1 June via KUnet. |
| Eksamensform: |
Oral, encompassing a discussion of the 5-page essay and of parts of the pensum. Graded after the Danish 7-scale system. External examiner.
Re-examination: Same as ordinary. |
| Eksamen: |
Mundtlig prøve den 9. november 2012.
Reeksamen: Mundtlig prøve den 1. februar 2013. |
| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Bemærkninger: |
The course is part of the qualification profile Ecology and Evolution. For all courses of the qualification profiles, see Course Portal for Department of Biology. |
| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
25/4-2012 |