Ornithology Ghent University Master 1 – Biology February 2012.

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Ornithology Ghent University Master 1 – Biology February 2012

Course Content Part 1: Taxonomy and Biogeography Avian taxonomy Overview of main orders and families

Course Content Part 1: Taxonomy and Biogeography Avian biogeography Why study biogeography of birds ? Continental birds Island birds Seabirds

Course Content Part 2: Distributions and Behaviour Avian distributions Disjunct ranges Range dynamics Crossing barriers

Course Content Part 2: Distributions and Behaviour Avian mobility Avian dispersal Avian migration

Course Content Part 2: Distributions and Behaviour Tropical ornithology Why are tropical birds interesting ? Temperate zone bias Timing of breeding Life history traits

Course Content

Course Content Part 3: Guest seminar The effect of enemy-release and climate conditions on invasive birds: a regional test using the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) as a case study.

Course Content Part 3: Guest seminar Comparative biology of the forest-inhabiting hawks Accipiter spp. in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing Bare parts Feather characteristics Feather types and arrangement Wing shapes and locomotion Moult Function and consequences Strategies Ageing and sexing Techniques

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing

Course Content Part 4: Avian topography, moult, ageing and sexing

Course Content Part 5: Selected topics in ornithology Species concepts in ornithology Orientation and navigation Migration and vagrancy Moult strategies Neoteny Sexual dimorphism Mixed flocking Co-operative breeding Floating Hybridisation and competition Invasive species Avian personalities