800682 EU Today's flora and vegetation of the Innsbruck region in palaeoecological and palaeoethnobotanical focus
summer semester 2019 | Last update: 13.11.2023 | Place course on memo listElobartion of today's flora and vegetation as a result of climatic change, as well as of human and livestock impact on the landscape since millennia.
Following an altitudinal transect between 900 and 2000 m a.s.l. selected plant species and their habitats are discussed in relation to their postglacial provenance, millennia-old past, anthropogenic usage, and future.
Field excursion in all weathers with discussion participation of the students.
One-page protocol on a selected, visited plant species or habitat.
Lang G. (1994) Quartäre Vegetationsgeschichte Europas. Springer. Berglund B. et al. (1996) Palaeoecological Events During the Last 15,000 Years. Wiley.
Excursion capability and surefootedness on a 1000 m altitudinal transect.
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