Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
BIO/05 (ZOOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)
Lesson hours
52 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Zoology, Ecology and Ethology
Course contents
The course deals with the concepts of conservation biology, with particular attention to the animals, and the applied ethology.
Conservation and management of: populations (population dynamics, small populations, metapopulations); species (action plans); communities and habitats (fragmentation, island biogeography, edge effect, protected areas).
Ethological aspects of conservation.
Assigning a conservation value, red lists; SPECs.
Legal issues at global, European, national, regional level.
Methods and techniques for the monitoring of animal biodiversity.
Censuses, samplings. Absolute methods and relative methods. Espert-based methods.
Analysis and presentation of data.
Teaching methods
Lectures, practicals
Reccomended or required readings
Texts from the teacher and/or textbook: Primack Richard & Boitani Luigi. Biologia della conservazione. Zanichelli Ed. 2013. ISBN 9788808171146
Assessment methods
Oral examination and presentation of a monitoring program
Further information
Oral examination and presentation of a monitoring program
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa