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4 credits
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Faculty of Science
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Macroecology / Biogeography
4 creditsEXDIM: Multidimensional Data Mining
4 creditsPaleobiodiversity, environmental changes, evo
4 credits
Macroecology / Biogeography
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
How is biodiversity distributed on Earth? What ecological, evolutionary and historical factors determine these patterns of biodiversity distribution? What are the changes induced by human activities on the global distribution of biodiversity? In this course, we will study the role of spatio-temporal variations in the global environment on the dynamics of biodiversity. In particular, we will examine the influence of long-term climate cycles on the past and present diversity of organisms. We will also address the impact of human activities and global changes on biodiversity at the planetary scale.
EXDIM: Multidimensional Data Mining
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"This module presents table management and the link between multivariate and univariate: matrix manipulation and common operations; notion of projection and distance; translation of descriptive and univariate statistics with multiple regression/ACP/AFD as an example; (dis)similarity indices, distance; correlation"
Paleobiodiversity, environmental changes, evo
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objectives of this EU are twofold. On the one hand, it is a question of placing all the major stages of the history of organisms on Earth since the birth of the latter. Thus, themes such as the appearance of life, the colonization of continents, the appearance of angiosperms, glacial/interglacial cycles and the domestication of plants will be covered. On the other hand, it will be shown how paleoecology is part of modernity, whether it is on methodological developments (geochemistry, optical, electron and X-ray microscopy, etc.), on prediction models of climate evolution, ecosystem management in the context of global change or on biotechnology developments. The course will be mainly organized in lectures, each of which will be given by a specialist in the field.