- Docente: Carlo Ferrari
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)
Learning outcomes
Basic information on theoretical and applied aspects of conservation biology, from genome to landscape.
Course contents
Main aspects of biological diversity: genetic, taxonomic and environmental diversity. Geographic distribution of biodiversity: hot spots. Factors affecting biodiversity. Red and Blue lists. Conservation in-situ and ex-situ. Extinction. Conservation and management of ecosystems. Types of species diversity. Focal points. Biodiversity in ecotones and ecoclines. Biodiversity and time: turnover, fugacity. Landscape as a paradigm for the conservation biology. Quantitative analysis of a landscape. The percolation theory. Source-sink systems. Connectivity and contiguity. Types of protected areas. The man's impact. Biological invasions. Ecological indicators of sustainability.
Readings/Bibliography
Ferrari C., Biodiversità: dal genoma al paesaggio. Zanichelli, Bologna 2010
Teaching methods
Oral lessons
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Ferrari