Università Roma Tre

SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS IN PLANT CELLS: RECEPTORS, MEDIATORS AND MODALITY OF TRANSDUCTION. SIGNALING PATHWAYS UPON HORMONE OR LIGHT PERCEPTION. CELL WALL AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT: CELL SURFACE SENSORS AND RECEPTORS. ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RESPONSES TO ABIOTIC STRESSES (DROUGHT, FLOODING, SALT STRESS, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE, HIGH LIGHT). SECONDARY METABOLISM AND DEFENCE STRATEGY AGAINST WOUNDING OR PATHOGEN ATTACK. INNATE IMMUNITY AND EFFECTOR TRIGGERED IMMUNITY. LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC DEFENCE RESPONSES. PLANT COMPOUNDS AS SOURCE OF DRUGS, NUTRACEUTICAL FOOD OR NATURAL HERBICIDES. BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION.

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND DISCUSSED AT LESSONS.

Cultural skills (Knowledge of:) The course offers the conceptual bases for (A) understanding the bases of population ecology (B) understanding the community ecology (C) understanding the behavioural ecology (D) understanding the macroecology (E) an evolutionary approach to the study of animal ecology.
Methodological skills (Knowing how to perform:) acquire the critical thinking through readings and discussions, in order to correctly evaluate a research hypothesis, choose research tools and interpret results.

SYLLABUS
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A PRELIMINARY MODULE OF LESSONS AND ONE OR TWO FINAL RESIDENTIAL STAGES IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BOTH THEORETICAL LESSONS AND SEVERAL FIELD PRACTICES CONCERNING ASPECTS OF POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, HABITAT PREFERENCE AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING BY THE SPECIES.
THE PRELIMINARY MODULE IS DEVOTED TO STUDY THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: (a) STRUCTURAL LEVELS OF ANIMAL DIVERSITY. (a) ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOMES. (b) ANIMAL COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: INTRA- AND INTER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL COMMUNITIES OF AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVES METHODS FOR ANALYSING ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DIVERSITY, EVENESS AND DOMINANCE, INDICES; (c) ANIMAL POPULATION ECOLOGY: STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, REGULATION, AGE CLASSES, SEX-RATIO; ESTIMATION OF POPULATIONS SIZE AND DENSITY, CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE METHODS; (d) AUTOECOLOGY: RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA ANALYSES; DEFINITION OF ECOLOGICAL NICHE AND STUDY CASES: REPRODUCTIVE, TROPHIC, SPATIAL (HOME RANGE, TERRITORY), TEMPORAL (PHENOLOGY, LYFE CYCLES), NICHES.
THE COURSE PROVIDES, IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTIAL STAGE (CA. 6 HOURS A DAY OF PRACTICES IN NATURE AND 2 HOURS A DAY OF LECTURES), ALSO 2-3 EXERCISES IN NATURE OF A SINGLE DAY, INTERVALED TO THE FRONTAL LESSONS IN THE FIRST MODULE.

NON ESISTE UN SINGOLO LIBRO DI TESTO, MA OLTRE A DISPENSE E POWER POINTS FORNITI AGLI STUDENTI, SONO UTILI, PER ALCUNE PARTI INDICATE DAL DOCENTE:
- RICKLEFS R.E., 1997. ECOLOGIA. ZANICHELLI;
- BOITANI L. & FULLER T.K. (EDS.), 2000. RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY. CONTROVERSIES AND CONSEQUENCES. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, N.Y.;
- KREBS J.R. & DAVIES N.B., 2002. ECOLOGIA E COMPORTAMENTO ANIMALE. BOLLATI BORINGHIERI;
- GOTELLI, N.J. AND A.M. ELLISON. 2004. A PRIMER OF ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS. SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., SUNDERLAND, MA.;
- GOTELLI, N.J. 2008. A PRIMER OF ECOLOGY. 4TH EDITION. SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., SUNDERLAND, MA.
- HENDERSON, P.A. 2003. PRACTICAL METHODS IN ECOLOGY. BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD

Agli studenti è fornito un documento che elenca per ogni argomento di lezione quale testo e quali capitoli sono più appropriati per lo studio, e per ogni argomento sono elencati articoli scientifici recenti per un approfondimento. Sono forniti i pdf delle lezioni e degli articoli scientifici.

SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS IN PLANT CELLS: RECEPTORS, MEDIATORS AND MODALITY OF TRANSDUCTION. SIGNALING PATHWAYS UPON HORMONE OR LIGHT PERCEPTION. CELL WALL AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT: CELL SURFACE SENSORS AND RECEPTORS. ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RESPONSES TO ABIOTIC STRESSES (DROUGHT, FLOODING, SALT STRESS, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE, HIGH LIGHT). SECONDARY METABOLISM AND DEFENCE STRATEGY AGAINST WOUNDING OR PATHOGEN ATTACK. INNATE IMMUNITY AND EFFECTOR TRIGGERED IMMUNITY. LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC DEFENCE RESPONSES. PLANT COMPOUNDS AS SOURCE OF DRUGS, NUTRACEUTICAL FOOD OR NATURAL HERBICIDES. BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION.

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND DISCUSSED AT LESSONS.

Cultural skills (Knowledge of:) The course offers the conceptual bases for (A) understanding the bases of population ecology (B) understanding the community ecology (C) understanding the behavioural ecology (D) understanding the macroecology (E) an evolutionary approach to the study of animal ecology.
Methodological skills (Knowing how to perform:) acquire the critical thinking through readings and discussions, in order to correctly evaluate a research hypothesis, choose research tools and interpret results.

SYLLABUS
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A PRELIMINARY MODULE OF LESSONS AND ONE OR TWO FINAL RESIDENTIAL STAGES IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BOTH THEORETICAL LESSONS AND SEVERAL FIELD PRACTICES CONCERNING ASPECTS OF POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, HABITAT PREFERENCE AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING BY THE SPECIES.
THE PRELIMINARY MODULE IS DEVOTED TO STUDY THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: (a) STRUCTURAL LEVELS OF ANIMAL DIVERSITY. (a) ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOMES. (b) ANIMAL COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: INTRA- AND INTER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL COMMUNITIES OF AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVES METHODS FOR ANALYSING ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DIVERSITY, EVENESS AND DOMINANCE, INDICES; (c) ANIMAL POPULATION ECOLOGY: STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, REGULATION, AGE CLASSES, SEX-RATIO; ESTIMATION OF POPULATIONS SIZE AND DENSITY, CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE METHODS; (d) AUTOECOLOGY: RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA ANALYSES; DEFINITION OF ECOLOGICAL NICHE AND STUDY CASES: REPRODUCTIVE, TROPHIC, SPATIAL (HOME RANGE, TERRITORY), TEMPORAL (PHENOLOGY, LYFE CYCLES), NICHES.
THE COURSE PROVIDES, IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTIAL STAGE (CA. 6 HOURS A DAY OF PRACTICES IN NATURE AND 2 HOURS A DAY OF LECTURES), ALSO 2-3 EXERCISES IN NATURE OF A SINGLE DAY, INTERVALED TO THE FRONTAL LESSONS IN THE FIRST MODULE.

NON ESISTE UN SINGOLO LIBRO DI TESTO, MA OLTRE A DISPENSE E POWER POINTS FORNITI AGLI STUDENTI, SONO UTILI, PER ALCUNE PARTI INDICATE DAL DOCENTE:
- RICKLEFS R.E., 1997. ECOLOGIA. ZANICHELLI;
- BOITANI L. & FULLER T.K. (EDS.), 2000. RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY. CONTROVERSIES AND CONSEQUENCES. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, N.Y.;
- KREBS J.R. & DAVIES N.B., 2002. ECOLOGIA E COMPORTAMENTO ANIMALE. BOLLATI BORINGHIERI;
- GOTELLI, N.J. AND A.M. ELLISON. 2004. A PRIMER OF ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS. SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., SUNDERLAND, MA.;
- GOTELLI, N.J. 2008. A PRIMER OF ECOLOGY. 4TH EDITION. SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., SUNDERLAND, MA.
- HENDERSON, P.A. 2003. PRACTICAL METHODS IN ECOLOGY. BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD

Agli studenti è fornito un documento che elenca per ogni argomento di lezione quale testo e quali capitoli sono più appropriati per lo studio, e per ogni argomento sono elencati articoli scientifici recenti per un approfondimento. Sono forniti i pdf delle lezioni e degli articoli scientifici.