Biodiversity Field Study
Credits: 1Course Type: Science
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The aim of this course is to provide the students with a hands-on experience in biodiversity. The world-wide sharp decline in biodiversity is a human made crisis that ecologists are trying to solve. Some of the important questions are “What and how many species exist?â€; “How do we evaluate the abundance and the richness of species?â€; “How do we set priority regions for conservation based on biodiversity?†We will deal with these questions and others before, during and after sampling several taxonomic groups in the research area of the Arava Institute.The students of this course will take part in a long-term monitoring research project of a specific landscape unit in the Arava Valley.