- Docente: Roberto Barbieri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Roberto Barbieri (Modulo 1) Barbara Cavalazzi (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Biodiversity and Evolution (cod. 8419)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sciences and Management of Nature (cod. 8209)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have knowledge on the origin and distribution of biotic provinces, the paleogeographic reconstructions based on biogeography in Precambrian and Phanerozoic, and the relationships between paleogeography and the distribution patterns of living things. Finally, the student will be able to evaluate the impact of the geographic changes on the biotic history.
Course contents
Historical and ecological biogeography: the reasons for a distinction. How the distribution of life forms changes in relation to major geological events. The contributions provided by the distribution of certain living groups to paleogeographic reconstructions. Major temporal changes through the Phenerozoic: geological changes, major patterns of biodiversity changes, radiations and extinctions, trends with geographic components, the role of competition. Biogeography during Precambrian (with a course on "Archaean biogeography" held by Dr. Barbara Cavalazzi), Early Paleozoic, Late Paleozoic, Early Mesozoic, Late Mesozoic, Paleogene, Neogene.
Readings/Bibliography
Lectures (pdf) are available for students, they also contain suggestions for further readings on the covered topics.
Other suggested books:
Anthony Hallam, An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography, Oxford University Press, 1994
Glen M. Mac Donald, Biogeography. Space, Time and Life. Wiley, 2003 ( chapters 7 and 8)
Euan Clarkson, Bian Upton, Death of an Ocean. A Geological Borders Ballad. Dunedin Academic Press, 2010Teaching methods
Classroom and museum lessons (5 credits) and field activities (1 credit)
Assessment methods
Written examination
Teaching tools
Traditional lessons and in the Capellini Museum of the University of Bologna, field-trips (at least two full days)
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Barbieri
See the website of Barbara Cavalazzi