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Ε8218 - PALAEOECOLOGY

 

Semester:

8th

Course Type:

Elective

Course Code:

Ε8218

eClass URL

Hours per Week

- Lecturing:

3

- Practical/Lab Exersices:

1

Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice:

-

ERASMUS:

 

ECTS:

4

Teaching Units:

4

Prerequisites:

-

Expected Prior Knowlegde:

Y2205
Y3206
Y4206
E7202


Course Content

The course deals with Marine and Terrestrial Paleoecology. 

Marine Paleoecology (Introduction to Marine Paleoecology - Applied Marine Paleoecology; Paleoclimatic indices in marine deposits; The benthic foraminifera as paleoecological indices; Ostracodes as paleoecological indices; Paleoecological indices-quantitative analysis / management of assemblages; Paleoecology of invertebrate fauna)

Terrestrial Paleoecology (Island Ecology and Biogeography; Ecomorphology of carnivorous mammals; Ecological predators guilds; Ecology and nutrition; Introduction to Taphonomy; Taphonomic processes; Bone and tooth diagenesis I and II)


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