Unit PLANT ECOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Course
Civil and environmental engineering
Study-unit Code
A003065
Curriculum
Ingegneria ambientale
Teacher
Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
Teachers
  • Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
  • Fabio Orlandi (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 32 ore - Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
  • 8 ore (Codocenza) - Fabio Orlandi
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
BIO/03
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Introduction to Environment and Ecosystem.
Plant ecology.
Reference texts
PIGNATTI - Ecologia Vegetale, UTET, Torino 1995
MAUSETH - Botanica e Biodiversità, IDELSON-GNOCCHI, Napoli 2006
TOWNSEND - L'essenziale di Ecologia - ZANICHELLI, Bologna 2005
Educational objectives
Introduction to the knowledge
of the plant kingdom with elements of cytology, histology and plant anatomy.
Main biotic and abiotic factors.
Definition of habitat.
Biological forms and chorology.
Environment and Ecosystem.
Prerequisites
Frontal lessons and practical training.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons and practical training.
Other information
February 2025-May 2025
Learning verification modality
The oral test, lasting approximately 60 minutes, is designed to test the student's level of knowledge of the topics covered in the course, to assess his or her competence in presenting the issues dealt with, and to assess any personal contribution to case studies.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Extended program
Introduction to Plant Ecology: plants, their evolution, histological, anatomical and morphological characteristics and their relationship with the environment. Biotic and abiotic environmental factors, habitat, ecological niche, biocenosis, ecosystem. Introduction to biological forms and chorotypes.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
This teaching contributes to the realisation of the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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