DEST - Taxonomy Training

The purpose of the Summer School is to train students in ‘Best Field Practices’ for basic taxonomic research, biodiversity studies, and conservation biology. Summer Schools focus on practical taxonomic experience, combined with theoretical lectures, to provide an in depth understanding of the current state of taxonomic research, biodiversity sampling methods and their broad applicability in other scientific disciplines and areas of social relevance.

The Summer School is open to students who have recently finished their Masters or who are in an early stage of their PhD research in a biological discipline. Student and teacher participation is financially supported by EDIT.

Entomology lab: sorting out samples and identification.
Alpi Marittime, Italy - Summer School 2008
Photo: M. Appelhans

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