Course: Zonobiomes of the Earth and Plant Geography (2101-501)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Manfred Küppers (verantwortlich)
• Dr. Reiner Zimmermann (begleitend)
• Mirjam Weiß (verwaltend)

Type of Course:

lecture

In-Class Hours Per Week:

2

Contents:

- Presentation of earth vegetation in the interaction with the determining environmental factors their zonobiomes: tundra, taiga, deciduous mixed forest, evergreen sclerophyllous forest, steppe, semi-desert and desert, savannah, tropical rainforest, special type dry forest, mountain biomes (colline to alpine altitude), mountainous tundras, Páramo, pedobiomes
- Ecosystems and fundamental biogeochemical cycles
- Causes of Biodiversity
- Fire as global ecological factor

Literature:

S-W. Breckle, Walter's Vegetation of the Earth: The Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere. Springer, 2008
R. Pott & J. Hüppe, Spezielle Geobotanik: Pflanze - Klima - Boden. Springer, 2007

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 2101-500 Biology of the Earth System and Biodiversity (compulsory)