3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018832FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must be enrolled in the programme Master Biology: Tropimundo.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

24 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Table of contents :

Kinetic and tactic behaviour : classification and examples ; Strategies to find a goal ; elaboration and interpretation of circular data ; uni- and pluri-directional orientation ; the sun compass and the magnetic compass : their use at tropical latitudes ; homing behaviour and mechanisms ; true navigation ; migrations.

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading :

Currently no textbook is recommended. Students are recommended to attend the lessons. Reading of selected scientific papers should help them in learning.

Please consult the course descriptions on the TROPIMUNDO website for the most completed and updated course descriptions.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene Competenties

Course objectives :

Learn the fundamentals of animal orientation and circular statistics. In particular, orientation, homing and navigation mechanisms at tropical latitudes will be considered.

Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Specialised Ecosystem focus: Animal Biological level: Organism

Different strategies and mechanisms adopted by some biological models to solve autoecological problems of spatial and temporal nature.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Exam : Oral

2nd session : oral or written exam to be decided by the teacher.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Brussels
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Cayenne