Major goals of this course are:
to intensify a knowledge of the main features of plant communities; to get the mastery of the main metodologies of vegetation study;to acquire the ability to interpret ecosystems phenomena and correlate them with vegetation dynamics;to develop the interpretation of ecological data and read the specific paper in plant ecology, geobotany and phytogeography.
to intensify a knowledge of the main features of plant communities; to get the mastery of the main metodologies of vegetation study;to acquire the ability to interpret ecosystems phenomena and correlate them with vegetation dynamics;to develop the interpretation of ecological data and read the specific paper in plant ecology, geobotany and phytogeography.
teacher profile teaching materials
Plant Ecology
LIMITING FACTORS. AIMS OF PLANT ECOLOGY AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINES. DEFINITION OF PLANT COMMUNITY.
CLIMATE-SOIL-VEGETATION BALANCE; ZONAL, EXTRAZONAL, AZONAL VEGETATION. POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION. CLIMATE AND BIOCLIMATE; INDEXES AND CLIMATE DIAGRAMS. ZONES AND VEGETATION STRIPS.
VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS: STRUCTURE AND PHYSIONOMY, LIFE FORMS AND GROWTH, DISTRIBUTION AND CHOROLOGICAL TYPES, VEGETATION DYNAMICS.
METHODS OF VEGETATION STUDY: SYNCHRONIC AND DIACRONIC APPROACHES. CARTOGRAPHY OF VEGETATION. PHENOLOGY.
ANTHROPIC IMPACT AND EFFECTS ON VEGETATION.
EXERCISES. INDEXES AND CLIMATIC DIAGRAMS;
BIOLOGICAL AND CHOROLOGICAL SPECTRA;
VEGETATION CARTOGRAPHY;
THE COURSE PROVIDES A TRAINING STAGE IN FIELD WITH EXCURSIONS
CANULLO R. FALINSKA K. 2003 ECOLOGIA VEGETALE. LIGUORI ED.
Programme
Plant Ecology
LIMITING FACTORS. AIMS OF PLANT ECOLOGY AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINES. DEFINITION OF PLANT COMMUNITY.
CLIMATE-SOIL-VEGETATION BALANCE; ZONAL, EXTRAZONAL, AZONAL VEGETATION. POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION. CLIMATE AND BIOCLIMATE; INDEXES AND CLIMATE DIAGRAMS. ZONES AND VEGETATION STRIPS.
VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS: STRUCTURE AND PHYSIONOMY, LIFE FORMS AND GROWTH, DISTRIBUTION AND CHOROLOGICAL TYPES, VEGETATION DYNAMICS.
METHODS OF VEGETATION STUDY: SYNCHRONIC AND DIACRONIC APPROACHES. CARTOGRAPHY OF VEGETATION. PHENOLOGY.
ANTHROPIC IMPACT AND EFFECTS ON VEGETATION.
EXERCISES. INDEXES AND CLIMATIC DIAGRAMS;
BIOLOGICAL AND CHOROLOGICAL SPECTRA;
VEGETATION CARTOGRAPHY;
THE COURSE PROVIDES A TRAINING STAGE IN FIELD WITH EXCURSIONS
Core Documentation
PIGNATTI S., (ED.), 1995. ECOLOGIA VEGETALE. UTET.CANULLO R. FALINSKA K. 2003 ECOLOGIA VEGETALE. LIGUORI ED.
Reference Bibliography
PIGNATTI S., (ED.), 1995. ECOLOGIA VEGETALE. UTET. CANULLO R. FALINSKA K. 2003 ECOLOGIA VEGETALE. LIGUORI ED.Type of delivery of the course
THE COURSE PROVIDES TRADITIONAL LESSONS AND TRAINING STAGE IN THE FIELDType of evaluation
During the oral exam the comment to an article on a vegetation type will also be evaluated