Lehrveranstaltung: Exercise on Vegetation and Climate History (2101-502)

Personen:

• Prof. Dr. Manfred Küppers (verantwortlich)
• Dr. Alexander Land (begleitend)
• Mirjam Weiß (verwaltend)

Lehrform:

Übung

SWS:

2

Inhalt:

- Learning the techniques in the areas of Tree-Ring Dating, Dendroecology, and Dendroclimatology
- Microscopic investigation of wood structure and on the identification of wood species
- Learning the working methods of archaeobotany
- Learning the measurement and working techniques of pollen analysis

Literatur:

H.-J. Beug, Leitfaden der Pollenbestimmung, Pfeil Verlag, München, 2004
E. R. Cook, Methods of Dendrochronology: Applications in the Environmental Sciences. Springer, 2010
S. Jacomet & A. Kreuz, Archäobotanik, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1999
F. H. Schweingruber & H.C. Wolf, Tree Rings: Basics and Applications of Dendrochronology. Springer, 1991
D. Zohary & M. Hopf, Domestication of Plants in the Old World, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000

Veranstaltungsort:

Hohenheim

Modul:

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