- Docente: Roberto Barbieri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: 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 and the relationships between
paleogeography and the distribution patterns of living things. The
student will be able to evaluate the impact of the geographic
changes on the biotic history.
Course contents
Major factors influencing the distribtion of organisms. 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 Early Paleozoic, Late Paleozoic, Early
Mesozoic, Late Mesozoic, Paleogene, Neogene.
Readings/Bibliography
Anthony Hallam. An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography. Oxford
University Press, 1994
Lessons in ppt are also available for students
Teaching methods
Traditional lessons (5 credits) and field activities (1
credit)
Assessment methods
Written examination
Teaching tools
Traditional lessons, lessons from the field (at least two full
days)
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Barbieri