Landscape ecology

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in URBAN AND LANDASCAPE PLANNING.

Location:

ALGHERO

Disciplinary Sector:

Environmental and Applied Botanics

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FILIGHEDDU Rossella Speranza

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

AF code:

40004779

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

A written test will be an entrance examination to the oral test: the last will consist in a scientific presentation

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course will consider the main biological concepts bringing the students to the comprehension of the main ecological processes at the landscape scale. Particularly, the general aim is to approach the landscape as a complex of defined elements as a tool to address land management decisions.

Contents

Species, populations (meta-), community, habitat, ecosystems. Concepts of flora and vegetation. Abundance and floristic richness. Floristic density. Interpretation of floristic data. Spatial temporal dimension of chorotype. Notions on Biogeography. The 43/92/EEC Directive “Habitat”: Annexes I and II. Natura 2000 Network. Analysis of biodiversity: alfa, beta, gamma;landscape diversity. Spatial scale in landscape ecology. Structure of landscapes: genesis, heterogeneity, patches and matrixes. Landscape dynamics: disturbance and fragmentation. Ecosystem and chorologic functions in the definition of landscapes. Vegetation science as a tool for the analysis and classification of landscapes: analysis of the vegetation.

Recommended Bibliography

Farina A., 2003, Ecologia del paesaggio, UTET libreria, Torino.
Bailey R.G., 1996. Ecosystem geography. Springer-Verlag, New-York, NY.
Specific monographs and articles will be provided to students on the basis of the agreed case studies

Teaching Methods

Group activities for the elaboration and analysis of data, group exercises

Contacts/More Information

1) Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (please specify) to incoming students: YES
Language

2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (please specify): YES

3) Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (please specify): YES
Language

Other courses

Course year: 1

LADSCAPE DESIGN
12 credits
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY
12 credits
COMPUTER INSTRUMENTS
6 credits - Base
ECOLOGY
6 credits - Base
CITY AND TERRITORY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF THE CITY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
PROJECT IN THE SOCIAL CONTEST
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
BIOTECNOLOGIE AMBIENTALI
4 credits - A scelta dello studente
PROGETTO STORIOGRAFICO
6 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
14 credits
STATISTICA ED ECONOMIA
12 credits
Landscape ecology
6 credits - Base
TERITORIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6 credits - Base
PROGETTO E AMBIENTE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SPATIAL PLANNING
10 credits - Caratterizzante
GEOLOGY
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa

Course year: 3

PLAN AND PROJECT
12 credits
TRASPORTI E INFRASTRUTTURE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
URBAN SOCIOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
GEO RESOURCES
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
OPTIONAL CREDITS
12 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST
3 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
FINAL TEST
9 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
OTHER USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK
4 credits - Altro
TRAINING
6 credits - Altro

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