Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
BIO/03 (ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED BOTANICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Course
NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2018 - 13/06/2018)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of general and systematic botany
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge about different methodological approaches used in the study of plant biodiversity with special attention to agroecosystem environmental quality assessment and its active conservation. At the end of the course students should have acquired the ability to use the biodiversity analysis as a parameter for assessing the environmental sustainability of the agroecosystem.
Course contents
Methods of study of the different levels of biodiversity (intra-specific, specific, environmental, landscape diversity) will be examined. They will be taken into account case studies that use biodiversity as a parameter for assessing the environmental sustainability and the multifunctionality of the agroecosystem.
Teaching methods
The course, after an introduction to the biodiversity analysis, envisages the carrying out of practical laboratory and field activities that provide students with the opportunity to apply the methodologies illustrated in addition to gaining experience in collecting and processing data for the interpretation of the results.
Reccomended or required readings
Lecture notes provided by the teacher
Assessment methods
Oral exam during which the student will have to present, by slides projection, a hypothetical research project using the biodiversity analysis to assess the sustainability of the agroecosystem. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the student's observation capacity in relation to environmental issues that can be assessed and monitored by biodiversity analysis, as well as to verify the acquisition of the methodologies illustrated during the course.
Further information
Oral exam during which the student will have to present, by slides projection, a hypothetical research project using the biodiversity analysis to assess the sustainability of the agroecosystem. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the student's observation capacity in relation to environmental issues that can be assessed and monitored by biodiversity analysis, as well as to verify the acquisition of the methodologies illustrated during the course.
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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