Università Roma Tre

MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWGLEDGE OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY INCLUDING ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES TO POPULATIONS, TO PROPERLY APPLY ELEMENTS FROM FORMER BIOLOGY COURSES (SUCH AS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY) IN AN ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT, TO ANALYSE ECOLOGICAL ISSUES BOTH IN FIELD AND IN LAB, AND TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIOSNHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. MOREOVER, THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS TO RECORD, ORGANIZE AND INTERPRET ECOLOGICAL DATA.