B015449 - ECOLOGY

Italian

This course of basic ecology covers the main concepts and methods of the modern ecology, from organisms to populations and communities, up to the ecosystem and global level. Organisms’ ecology and its applications to the environmental monitoring. Population ecology: theory and experimental approach. Demographic factors, interacting populations (competition, predation, parasitism). Application of population ecology to management and conservation of natural populations. Community ecology, methods

Chelazzi, Provini e Santini 2004
Ecologia: dagli organismi agli ecosistemi
Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
Lettura di complemento:
Chelazzi 2013
L’Impronta originale
Einaudi. Torino

Knowledge acquired:
knowledge of the factors and processes relevant to the dynamics of population and ecological processes at the level of communities and ecosystems
Competence acquired:
concepts and methods for the analysis, management and conservation of biodiversity and the ecosystem functionality
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): experimental and theoretical analysis of ecological processes. Ecological forecasting.

Courses to be used as Requirements (required and/or recommended):
Courses required:
Courses recommended: Botanica, Zoologia, Geologia, Chimica, Fisica, Matematica

Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...):
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities:
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 64
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours) 4
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours):
Seminars (hours): 4
Stages:
Intermediate examinations:

Frequency of lectures, practice and lab: free
Teaching tools: slides and software available on line

Interview and essay