Global change ecology and novel ecosystems

The course is aimed at the formation of practical skills necessary for the completion of the final qualification work (Master's thesis), as well as in work after graduation from the EcOne program

The course “Statistical methods in ecology” gives an introduction to the main statistical approaches and methods used in ecological research and prepares students for the work on their mater thesis. The practical part of the course introduces statistical computing language R and provides the experience in using R to screen and adjust data, conduct classic one-and two-sample tests, correlation analysis, liner regression, analysis of variance, data visualization and multivariate analysis. The overall goal of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the world of statistics in ecology and conservation.

The course is taught be on-line lectures, seminars and home tasks. Students will receive full information on the compulsory course components in the course outline.