Università Roma Tre

LOOKING AT NATURE THROUGH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES FROM ECOSYSTEMS TO POPULATIONS, ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGY AS A SCIENCE. ECOLOGY AS A GROUP OF SUBDISCIPLINES.
ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY: FACTORS RELATED TO DISTRIBUTION OF BIOMES, BIOMES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES, THE FLUX OF ENERGY IN THE ECOSYSTEM, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY, ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES.
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AIMS AND METHODS IN COMMUNITY ANALYSES IN AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, SUCCESSIONS, METHODS IN SUCCESSIONAL STUDIES, BIODIVERSITY, DIVERSITY MEASURES, FACTORS INFLUENCING DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS, ALIEN SPECIES, DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. BIOINDICATORS.
POPULATION ECOLOGY. POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, r AND K SELECTION, INTERACTIONS, INTRASPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS, INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION, ECOLOGICAL NICHE.
ENVIRONMENT-ORGANISMS RELATIONSHIPS, ECOLOGICAL FACTORS, RESPONSE OF ORGANISMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, STRESS AND DISTURBANCE, C-S-R STRATEGIES
ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. INTRODUCTION TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS.
INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS, LANDSCAPE AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT.
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN ECOLOGY. MAJOR FEATURES OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS.

SMITH, T. & SMITH, R. 2017. ELEMENTI DI ECOLOGIA. PEARSON-B. CUMMINGS
CAIN, M. BOWMAN, W. & HACKER, S. 2017. ECOLOGIA. PICCIN

Cultural competences (Knowledge of:) The teaching aims to provide students with basic knowledge related to the evolution of the different ecological components, to assess the degree of functional adaptation to the habitat.
Methodological skills (Know how to perform:) acquire and use experimental data related to the population status assessment
Teaching program:
Among the specific fields of the population ecology module are population astructure and dynamics, distribution strategies and models, evolutionary ecology, principles ecological genetics and genetic flow, theoretical models, conservation biology, and bioresource management.

Elementi di Ecologia. Smith & Smith, Pearson ED.
Notes and exercises will be provided
Professor receives every day from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via email:
massimiliano.scalici@uniroma3.it

Looking at nature through different perspectives: ecological principles from ecosystems to populations, origin and development of ecology as a science. Ecology as a group of subdisciplines.
Ecosystem ecology: factors related to distribution of biomes, biomes and climatic changes, the flux of energy in the ecosystem, trophic structure, production and productivity, ecological pyramids, biogeochemical cycles.
Community ecology: community structure, aims and methods in community analyses in an ecological perspective, successions, methods in successional studies, biodiversity, diversity measures, factors influencing diversity in different ecosystems, alien species, diversity and conservation. Bioindicators.
Population ecology. Population structure and dynamics, r and k selection, interactions, intraspecific relationships, interspecific competition, ecological niche.
Environment-organisms relationships, ecological factors, response of organisms to environmental factors, stress and disturbance, c-s-r strategies
Ecosystems conservation and management. Introduction to conservation biology, management of protected areas.
Introduction to landscape ecology. Landscape structure and landscape dynamics, landscape and ecosystem management.
Introduction to urban ecology. Major features of urban ecosystems.

SMITH, T. & SMITH, R. 2017. ELEMENTI DI ECOLOGIA. PEARSON-B. CUMMINGS
CAIN, M. BOWMAN, W. & HACKER, S. 2017. ECOLOGIA. PICCIN