LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Language:

Italian

Segments:

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS

5 credits
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS

1 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FARRIS Emmanuele

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of Geo-morphology, Bioclimatology, Botany, Ecology.

AF code:

A001414

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Written test on Landscape Ecology and Ecological Networks (classroom lessons), consisting of 10 open questions.
Oral examination on an individual report containing data collected during the field work.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course is aimed at the acquisition of specific competences on concepts and processes related to connectivity, ecological connections, and biotic interactions from the local to the landscape scales, with particular reference to regional, national and European Natura 2000 Network.

Contents

Concept of Ecological Network: connections and connectivity. Patches, corridors, stepping stones. The EU Natura 2000 Network.
Functional approach to the management of coastal and terrestrial biodiversity: plant-plant interactions (competition, facilitation) and plant-animal interactions (herbivory, pollination, dispersion). Human impacts on ecological networks and biotic interactions in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice - Pattern and Process. 2001. Turner M.G., Gardner R.H., O’Neill R.V. Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 0-387-95122-9
2. Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition. 2007. Pugnares F.I., Valladares F. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849374883
3. Ecological census techniques: a handbook, Second Edition. 2006. Sutherland W.J. (ed). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521606363
The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students.

Teaching Methods

The course will be organized as follows:
4 ECTS of class lessons on:
- Geobotany applied to the comprehension of vegetation dynamics;
- Landscape Ecology, Ecologycal Networks, Connections and Connectivity;
- Functional interactions in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems – competition, facilitation, herbivory, pollination, dispersal;
- Environmental Botany applied to specific management case studies.

2 ECTS of field work on monitoring of Ecological Networks in Natura 2000 sites and plant-plant and plant-animal interactions.

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
Dipartimento di CHIMICA E FARMACIA
VIA PIANDANNA 4 SASSARI
Tel. 079 228675; Fax 079 233600;
e-mail: emfa@uniss.it
Supervision hours: Monday 10-12 AM, please contact by e-mail the professor before the appointment.
Readiness to offer individual assistance in a foreign language to incoming students (English): YES
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English): YES
Nabors M.W., 2004 – Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education, Inc.
The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students.
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES

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