Tuesday- Thursday 16:00 -19:00 from October 19 to November 11 2021
Ideal for beginners and complete novices, or for R users who want to gain a more systematic understand of how to manage projects in a structured and reproducible way. We begin familiarizing with R and R Studio and subsequently address some of the most important and frequently used functions. At the end of the course, learners will be able to set up and use projects in R Studio, structure their data and read them into R, apply the most frequently used functions for data manipulation, produce publication-ready graphs and create documents with R Markdown.
Advanced Biometry
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:15 - 17:00 from November 15 to December 9 2021
Intensive course for Master and PhD students covering the main statistical methods used in biology (this are actually the basic, and not so advanced, methods), from t-test to linear and generalized linear models, to multivariate basics and model selection approaches.
Every day is structured as morning lectures and afternoon exercises. Exercises are carried out using R (code prompts and in class help for non-fluent coders are provided) and are aimed at understanding how and when to apply different statistical tests, correctly deciding which one to choose, and interpreting the output of a model in a biologically meaningful way.
Summer Semester
Plant Ecology II
This course gives students the opportunity to put into practice ecological principles learned during Plant Ecology I
With a heavy focus on field and lab work, students are exposed to a few lectures and following that are involved in field projects in sites nearby Tübingen.
Plant-animal interactions
Semester-long course focusing, through a series of lectures and discussions, on the interactions between animals and plants (ranging from pollination, to herbivory, to dispersal) and how these can shape plant communities and feedback on animal communities.