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ANIMALS

Learning Objectives

 

You will ...      You will learn ... realise that it is impossible to characterise "THE" alpine animal receive an impression which animals inhabit the alpine zone test the effect of insulation, bodysize and behavior on core temperature   how animals get along with the difficulties of alpine habitats about similarities and differences between different mountains about specialists and generalists to the alpine environment

You will understand ...      You will be able to ... the peculiarities of the different alpine habitats how animals have adapted to the alpine environment   characterise the most important habitats in the alpine environments name for every instanced habitat 3 typical animals living there recognise the most important ecological groups of animals that occur in all mountain regions around the world

 

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