Course Identification

Title:

Geobotany

Code:

20263552

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Tamir Klein

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2026

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

N/A

First Lecture:

12/04/2026

End date:

05/07/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Mini course; Elective; 1.00 points

Comments

Online course: www.unibas.ch/geobotany2023

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Final:

100%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

20/07/2026

Location

WSoS, Rm A

Time

0900-1200

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

10/08/2026

Location

WSoS, Rm A

Time

0900-1200

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

1. 1. 1. Vegetation of planet Earth, Theory
    2. Humid tropics, from lowland to tropical-alpine
    3. Savanna, semi-arid, and arid subtropics
    4. Mediterranean, laurophyll forests and humid-temperate zone
    5. Continental temperate and temperate-montane zone
    6. Temperate alpine, boreal zone, subarctic
    7. High arctic. Coastal ecosystems from the Arctic to the tropics

Learning Outcomes

The student will understand the forces shaping plant distributions on planet Earth

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A