MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWGLEDGE OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY INCLUDING ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES TO POPULATIONS, TO PROPERLY APPLY ELEMENTS FROM FORMER BIOLOGY COURSES (SUCH AS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY) IN AN ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT, TO ANALYSE ECOLOGICAL ISSUES BOTH IN FIELD AND IN LAB, AND TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIOSNHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. MOREOVER, THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS TO RECORD, ORGANIZE AND INTERPRET ECOLOGICAL DATA.
teacher profile teaching materials
ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY: FACTORS RELATED TO DISTRIBUTION OF BIOMES, BIOMES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES, THE FLUX OF ENERGY IN THE ECOSYSTEM, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY, ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES.
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AIMS AND METHODS IN COMMUNITY ANALYSES IN AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, SUCCESSIONS, METHODS IN SUCCESSIONAL STUDIES, BIODIVERSITY, DIVERSITY MEASURES, FACTORS INFLUENCING DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS, ALIEN SPECIES, DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. BIOINDICATORS.
POPULATION ECOLOGY. POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, r AND K SELECTION, INTERACTIONS, INTRASPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS, INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION, ECOLOGICAL NICHE.
ENVIRONMENT-ORGANISMS RELATIONSHIPS, ECOLOGICAL FACTORS, RESPONSE OF ORGANISMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, STRESS AND DISTURBANCE, C-S-R STRATEGIES
ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. INTRODUCTION TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS.
INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS, LANDSCAPE AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT.
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN ECOLOGY. MAJOR FEATURES OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS.
CAIN, M. BOWMAN, W. & HACKER, S. 2017. ECOLOGIA. PICCIN
Programme
LOOKING AT NATURE THROUGH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES FROM ECOSYSTEMS TO POPULATIONS, ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGY AS A SCIENCE. ECOLOGY AS A GROUP OF SUBDISCIPLINES.ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY: FACTORS RELATED TO DISTRIBUTION OF BIOMES, BIOMES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES, THE FLUX OF ENERGY IN THE ECOSYSTEM, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY, ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES.
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AIMS AND METHODS IN COMMUNITY ANALYSES IN AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, SUCCESSIONS, METHODS IN SUCCESSIONAL STUDIES, BIODIVERSITY, DIVERSITY MEASURES, FACTORS INFLUENCING DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS, ALIEN SPECIES, DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. BIOINDICATORS.
POPULATION ECOLOGY. POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, r AND K SELECTION, INTERACTIONS, INTRASPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS, INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION, ECOLOGICAL NICHE.
ENVIRONMENT-ORGANISMS RELATIONSHIPS, ECOLOGICAL FACTORS, RESPONSE OF ORGANISMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, STRESS AND DISTURBANCE, C-S-R STRATEGIES
ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. INTRODUCTION TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS.
INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS, LANDSCAPE AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT.
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN ECOLOGY. MAJOR FEATURES OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS.
Core Documentation
SMITH, T. & SMITH, R. 2017. ELEMENTI DI ECOLOGIA. PEARSON-B. CUMMINGSCAIN, M. BOWMAN, W. & HACKER, S. 2017. ECOLOGIA. PICCIN
Reference Bibliography
COTGRERAVE, P. & FORSETH, I. 2004. INTRODUZIONE ALLA ECOLOGIA. ZANICHELLI. TOWNSEND, C., HARPER, J. & BEGON, M. 2000. L'ESSENZIALE DI ECOLOGIA. ZANICHELLI. CHELAZZI, G., PROVINI A, & SANTINI G. 2004. ECOLOGIA, dagli organismi agli ecosistemi. Ed. Ambrosiana BULLINI, PIGNATTI & VIRZO DE SANTO. 1998. ECOLOGIA GENERALE. UTET.Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and classroom exercises. Seminars on current ecology issues.Type of evaluation
open questions teacher profile teaching materials
Methodological skills (Know how to perform:) acquire and use experimental data related to the population status assessment
Teaching program:
Among the specific fields of the population ecology module are population astructure and dynamics, distribution strategies and models, evolutionary ecology, principles ecological genetics and genetic flow, theoretical models, conservation biology, and bioresource management.
Notes and exercises will be provided
Professor receives every day from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via email:
massimiliano.scalici@uniroma3.it
Programme
Cultural competences (Knowledge of:) The teaching aims to provide students with basic knowledge related to the evolution of the different ecological components, to assess the degree of functional adaptation to the habitat.Methodological skills (Know how to perform:) acquire and use experimental data related to the population status assessment
Teaching program:
Among the specific fields of the population ecology module are population astructure and dynamics, distribution strategies and models, evolutionary ecology, principles ecological genetics and genetic flow, theoretical models, conservation biology, and bioresource management.
Core Documentation
Elementi di Ecologia. Smith & Smith, Pearson ED.Notes and exercises will be provided
Professor receives every day from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via email:
massimiliano.scalici@uniroma3.it
Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place with lectures and computerized classroom exercises with the help of PCs and specific programs (PowerPoint / Excel / EcoSim)Type of evaluation
Test will consist of open questions. The students will be evaluated for both achievement of correct results and way the answer is carried out.