Biology: Ecology

Education facts

Code: BIOC13

<p>BIOC13, The overall aim of the course is that the student shall understand the different levels within ecology, from individual to ecosystem, be able to account for fundamental ecological processes and different ecological systems, and complete short ecological investigations in the field.</p><p>The course includes the following topics:</p> <p>basic evolutionary theory and population genetics</p> <p>population ecology: how populations grow and are regulated, possible interactions between individuals within a population and between different populations</p> <p>interactions between species including competition, predation, and mutualism</p> <p>terrestrial, limnic, and marine ecosystems abiotic factors and organisms, interactions between species, and interactions between different ecosystems</p> <p>biogeography, Swedish vegetation, soil ecology, and the history and ecology of the cultural landscape</p> <p>conservation of biodiversity, flora and fauna conservation, the aim of nature conservation, and the problems and legislations around it</p> <p>agriculture and forestry</p> <p>The course includes seminars, exercises in population theory and statistics, excursions and field exercises in terrestrial and aquatic environments, and a field project.</p><p>https://www.biologiutbildning.lu.se/utbildning/kurser/grundkurser/ekologi-bioc10bioc13</p>

Entry requirements

To be admitted to the course, students must have Biology 2 and 45 credits in Natural Science studies.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Biology: Ecology

  Lund University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %