WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Disciplinary Sector:

ZOOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

APOLLONIO Marco

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

AF code:

40003699

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

WRITTEN EXAMINATION ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ITALIAN VERTEBRATES WITH 6-8 OPEN QUESTIONS ; WRITTEN ESSAY DONE BY ALL THE CLASS ON THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH SECTION DONE IN CASA STABBI FIELD STATION

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

TO GIVE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGES ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DIFFERENT THREATS TO BIODIVERSTITY , TO GIVE SPECIFIC INSIGHTS ON ITALIAN VERTEBRATES; TO OFFER KNOWLEDEGES ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMANT OF EUROPEAN UPPER VERTEBRATES.

Contents

Distributions of animal species; Definition of Conservation biology, mass extinction, biodiversity definition and evaluation, threaths to biodiversity: habitat destruction and fragmentation, overexploitation of animal populations, pollution, introduction of exotic species, extinction, introduction-reiintroduction-restocking, zoo and captive breeding, protected areas designation and management, laws in conservation and managemnt of wildlife; Systematics, distribuin and conservation of Italian vertebrates; Essentials of wildlife management

Recommended Bibliography

-1. Conservation and biodiversity.1998. Andrew P. Dobson. Scientific American Library. ISBN 0-7167-6032-0

2. Biodiversità estinzione e conservazione. 1999. Renato Massa, Vittorio Ingegnoli. UTET. ISBN 88-7750-557-5

3. Essentials of conservation biology. Second edition. 1998. Richard B. Primack. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-721-8
The slides and other materials used for lectures is made available to the students on the online moodle platform.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE ENTAILS THREE PARTS:
THE FIRST CONSISITS OF INDOOR LESSONS REFERRED TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ITALIAN VERTEBRATES;
THE SECOND CONSISTS OF EXCUSIONS (2 TO 4) TO BE HELD IN SARDINIA WITH THE AIM TO OBSERVE ANIMAL SPECIES ASSOCIATE WITH CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
THE THIRD CONSISTS OF A 5 DAYS STAY IN THE CASA STABBI FIELD STATION, IN THE TUSCAN APENNINE WHERE INDOOR LESSONS AND OUT DOOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE CONNECTED

STUDY OF DEFINITIONS AND CASE STUDIES FROM INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE AND FROM THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF THE LECTURER, USE OF NATIONAL LIST SPECIES, USE OF WILDLIFE IDENTIFICATIONS HANDBOOKS, TEACHING OF SPECIES IDENTIFICATIONS TECHNIQUES IN THE FIELD, RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
Dipartimento di SCIENZE DELLA NATURA E DEL TERRITORIO
VIA MURONI 25 SASSARI
Tel. 079 228667 ; Fax 079 228665 ;
e-mail: marcoapo@uniss.it
Reception hours:
Please contact by e-mail the professor
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
Essentials of conservation biology. Second edition. 1998. Richard B. Primack. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-721-8
The slides and other materials used for lectures is made available to the students on the online moodle platform.
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES

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