Department of Biology
Ecology & Evolution
ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Ecology & Evolution at the University of Fribourg promotes higher education and research in organismic biology, in particular in ecology and evolution. We participate in the teaching leading to the award of a general euro-compatible (Bologna) BSc. The unit offers courses, covering ecology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, vertebrate biology, plant systematics, plant-herbivore interactions and evolutionary genetics. Current research interests of members of the unit include food web structure, conservation biology, invasive species, agro-ecology, host-parasite interactions, life-history evolution, inbreeding depression, evolution in fragmented habitats, and population genetics. These topics are open to candidates at the euro-compatible MSc and PhD levels. The main study organisms are whole food webs, water fleas (Daphnia), horse chestnut leafminer (Cameraria), as well as plants: spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe), groundsel (Senecio), false hellebore (Veratrum), dock (Rumex), poplar (Populus) and their natural enemies. |
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NEWS & EVENTS
- Special Ecology & Evolution seminar on the 24th July. [25.05.2012] On the 24th July, Karol Marhold (Dept Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Inst Botany, Bratislava, Slovak Republic) will give a talk entitled "Microevolutionary processes in Brassicaceae, examples from genera Alyssum and Cardamine" at 11.15 in lecture room 0.109 at Plant Biology
- The next Research seminar in Ecology & Evolution takes place on the 31st May. [25.05.2012] Maria Joao Amaral will give a talk entitled "The utility of next generation sequencing and bioinformatic approaches for marker development in non model species"
- The next Ecology & Evolution seminar takes place on the 29th May. [24.05.2012] On the 29th May, Justyna Wolinska (Inst Ecology, University of Munich) will give a talk entitled "The influence of parasites on the maintenance of host diversity" at 11.15 in the main lecture theatre at Plant Biology
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Symposium: Rapid evolution during biological invasions
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Fribourg Ecology & Evolution Days, 6-7 September 2012
Visit the website for details (http://www.unifr.ch/biol/ecology/CUSO/EEday2012/index.html)
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BIOLOGY2012
The annual meeting of the Swiss Zoological, Botanical and Systematics Societies took place in Fribourg, 8-10 February 2012.
Visit our website for details:
(http://www.unifr.ch/biol/ecology/biology2012/Home/index.html)
