Unit MONITORING VEGETATION SYSTEMS

Course
Biology
Study-unit Code
A001061
Curriculum
Bioambientale
Teacher
Corrado Marceno'
Teachers
  • Corrado Marceno'
Hours
  • 47 ore - Corrado Marceno'
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline del settore biodiversità e ambiente
Academic discipline
BIO/03
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
Plant communities and their ecological features. The Habitat Directive
92/43 / EEC. The European classification systems (Natura 2000, EUNIS,
Corine Biotopes, and Corine Land Cover). The Umbria region's Special
Conservation Areas (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (ZPS). Habitats'
pressures and threats with particular attention to climate change and
invasive species. The Umbria region's invasive, endemic, and rare
species. Vegetation monitoring methods. Elements of vegetation
cartography.
Reference texts
Lecture notes
- Angelini P., Casella L., Grignetti A., Genovesi P., (ed.). Manuali per il
monitoraggio di specie e habitat di interesse comunitario (Direttiva
92/43/CEE) in Italia: habitat. ISPRA, Serie Manuali e Linee Guida,
142/2016. https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/public_files/direttivahabitat/
Manuale-142-2016.pdf
Particolare attenzione verrà data alle rete Natura 2000 e alle specie
vegetali della regione Umbria.
Prerequisiti Nessuno
Metodi didattici - Lezioni frontali tradizionali, supportate da immagini PPT, accompagnate
da didattica interattiva.
- Esercitazioni per la determinazione di specie vegetali.
- Visite in campo con esercitazioni sul monitoraggio delle specie aliene
invasive.
- Laboratorio di cartografia con QGIS
Educational objectives
The course will focus on the Natura 2000 network and the plant species
of the Umbria region. At the end of the course, students will acquire the
keys to reading and interpreting the landscape. They will know the
European regulations for protecting and conserving species and habitats.
They will develop the essential skills to organize a monitoring plan
critically. Finally, students will increase their cartographic skills using the
open-source Qgis.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take the course.
Teaching methods
- Traditional lectures, supported by PPT images, accompanied by
interactive teaching.
- Laboratory activity focused on the determination of plant species.
- Field work focused on the monitoring of invasive alien species.
-Lab-based Course on QGIS
Other information
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Learning verification modality
Final oral exam: Students will have to answer questions on the topics
covered during the course and field activities.
Extended program
Plant Communities, from Phytosociology To The Habitat Directive.
- The Habitats Directive
- European Classification Systems (Natura 2000, Eunis, Corine Biotopes,
And Corine Land Cover)
- The Special Conservation Areas (Sacs) And Special Protection Areas
(Zps) Of The Umbria Region
- Habitats Of Community Interest (Annex I)
- Aquatic And Riparian Habitats
- Coastal And Halophytic Habitats
- Raised Bogs And Mires And Fens Habitats
- Natural And Semi-Natural Grassland Habitats
- Rocky Habitats
- Temperate Heath And Scrub And Sclerophyllous Scrub
- Forests
- Pressures And Threats
- The Invasive, Endemic, And Rare Species, And The Habitat Directive
Species Of The Umbria Region
- Sampling Methodologies And Habitat And Species Monitoring
Techniques
- Elements Of Cartography Of Species And Habitats
- Field Activities For Species And Habitat Monitoring
- Laboratory Activities For The Analysis Of The Collected Data
- Cartography Laboratory Activities
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Goal 15: Life on Land
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