Conservation biogeography and genetics (in Eng.)

The "Conservation Biogeography" part of this course (lecture and seminar) is based on the recently published text book with the same title edited by Richard J. Ladle and Robert J. Whittaker (2011). The "Conservation Genetics" part will be less prominent and is primarily restricted to "Phylogeography", i.e. that scientific field within biogeography using population genetic techniques and results for answering biogeographical hypotheses, mainly at the intraspecific level.
However, the lectures will introduce "Populations Genetics", "Genetic Diversity", and "Genetic Techniques" in a basic way. The seminar will be based on the biogeography text book and students talks will reflect selected chapters treated there, like for instance "estimating biodiversity", "mapping nature", "protected areas", "conservation planning", "applied island biogeography", or "biological invasions".