- Docente: Alessandro Chiarucci
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Natural Sciences (cod. 8016)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student owns a global knowledge on the main terrestrial habitats with a different degree of naturalness, described on the basis of vegetation andon the methods used for their description, with special attention to the European regulations. A special attention is given to the issues derived by the anthoogenic impact on habitat.
Course contents
The vegetation and its drivers. Geographical zones and altitudinal belts, with special regards on Europe and Italy. Vegetation types and their classification: priciples and applications. CORINE and EUNIS Classification Systems. EU Habitat Directive and Natura 2000 Network. Assessment of landscape naturalness by using the vegetation. Vegetation management: approaches, problems and tecniques. The conservation value of vegetation.
Readings/Bibliography
Papers and other material provided by the professor to the students.
Teaching methods
Class lectures. Theaching excursions to analyse and discuss in the field about the issuues of vegetation management and conservation.
Assessment methods
Interview onn the topics discussed during the course.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Chiarucci