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B016123 - PLANT BIODIVERSITY
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Academic Year 2014-15
Coorte 2014 - Second Cycle Degree in BIOLOGY
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/02 - SYSTEMATIC BOTANY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
02/03/2015 ⇒ 12/06/2015
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Plant Taxonomy and Biosistematics: taxonomic and biological species; infraspecific variability. Natural plant populations. Hybridization and recognition of hybrids . Origin of the species: gradual and abrupt speciation. Modern methods to study the natural populations: Morphological information; information from breeding systems; caryological and chemical information
Plant environment: Flora. Vegetation, Cartography.
Identification of trees and shrubs of the Italian flora
Plant environment: Flora. Vegetation, Cartography.
Identification of trees and shrubs of the Italian flora
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
-Clive A. Stace, 1989.- Plant taxonomy and Biosystematics. E. Arnold, London.
-David Briggs & Max Walters (varie edizioni), L’evoluzione nelle piante. Il Saggiatore
-Gellini R., Grossoni P. 1997.- Botanica forestale. Cedam (per la parte relativa agli alberi)
-Fenaroli L. Guida agli alberi d’Italia. Giunti Martello (per il riconoscimento degli alberi)
-Pignatti S. 1995 Ecologia vegetale. UTET. Bologna
-David Briggs & Max Walters (varie edizioni), L’evoluzione nelle piante. Il Saggiatore
-Gellini R., Grossoni P. 1997.- Botanica forestale. Cedam (per la parte relativa agli alberi)
-Fenaroli L. Guida agli alberi d’Italia. Giunti Martello (per il riconoscimento degli alberi)
-Pignatti S. 1995 Ecologia vegetale. UTET. Bologna
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired
How to study the plant biodiversity in the field (morphology, cariology, reproductive systems).Patterns of speciation. Identification of shrubs and trees.
Competence acquired:
Ability to point out the natural plant diversity and to place it in the taxonomic classification system.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Capability to acknowledge the plant biodiversity in the field.
Capability to interpret the role of the plants in the ecosystems in function of their bio-ecological characters and the relations with the other species; capability to read a vegetation map.
How to study the plant biodiversity in the field (morphology, cariology, reproductive systems).Patterns of speciation. Identification of shrubs and trees.
Competence acquired:
Ability to point out the natural plant diversity and to place it in the taxonomic classification system.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Capability to acknowledge the plant biodiversity in the field.
Capability to interpret the role of the plants in the ecosystems in function of their bio-ecological characters and the relations with the other species; capability to read a vegetation map.
Prerequisites
Botany
Plant Ecology
Biodiversity and Conservation
Plant Ecology
Biodiversity and Conservation
Teaching Methods
6 CFU di lezioni
Further information
Frequency to the lessons recommended
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
Plant Taxonomy and Systematics. The species concepts: taxonomic and biological species. The natural populations and their variability: Hybrids and introgression.
Origin of the species: gradual and abrupt speciation.
Autogamic, heterogamic and apomictic wild plant populations.
Morphological, reproductive and caryological characters used in plant classification-
Chromosomal information; chromosome number and structure of the karyotype.
Chemical information: value of chemotaxonomy; secondary metabolites, proteins, DNA, RNA.
Flora: number of the Italian taxa, methods to make a “flora”. Regional and national floras
Plant communities in space and in time. Physiognomy and structure of the vegetation.
Plant communities and their interpretation; Phytosociology; sampling methods of plant communities; maps of flora and vegetation.
Identification of the most common shubs and trees of the Italian flora
Origin of the species: gradual and abrupt speciation.
Autogamic, heterogamic and apomictic wild plant populations.
Morphological, reproductive and caryological characters used in plant classification-
Chromosomal information; chromosome number and structure of the karyotype.
Chemical information: value of chemotaxonomy; secondary metabolites, proteins, DNA, RNA.
Flora: number of the Italian taxa, methods to make a “flora”. Regional and national floras
Plant communities in space and in time. Physiognomy and structure of the vegetation.
Plant communities and their interpretation; Phytosociology; sampling methods of plant communities; maps of flora and vegetation.
Identification of the most common shubs and trees of the Italian flora