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20402512 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATION ECOLOGY in Ecosystems Biodiversity and Management LM-6 (professor to define)
(syllabus)
DEFINITION OF THE GOALS OF THE COURSE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINE. DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTER OF VEGETATION. DISCRETE AND CONCRETE COMMUNITIES. ZONES AND BANDS OF VEGETATION. CONCEPT OF ZONALITY, AZONALITY AND EXTRAZONALITY. VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION. DIVERSITY ANALYSES: GENERAL CONCEPT, ALGORITHMS CALCULATION, RAREFACTION CURVE, ABUNDANCE/DOMINANCE RANK, RE’NY CURVES. SAMPLING METHODS OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES (RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING). SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. ABUNDANCE MEASURES. GROWTH FORMS AND PLANT TRAITS. ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND SYMPHYTOSOCIOLOGY. VEGETATION AND HABITAT INTERPRETATION SENSU 92/43/CEE DIRECTIVE. GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE VEGETATION MAPPING. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY: FIELD ACTIVITIES, VEGETATION SAMPLING, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.
(reference books)
KENT M. & COKER P., 1992. VEGETATION DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSES. JOHN WILEY AND SONS. MUELLER-DUMBOIS D. & ELLENBERG H., 1974. AIMS AND METHODS OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. JOHN WILEY AND SONS. PEDROTTI F., 2004. CARTOGRAFIA GEOBOTANICA. PITAGORA ED. VAN DER MAAREL E. (ED.), 2005. VEGETATION ECOLOGY. BLACKWELL PUBLISH.
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