Università Roma Tre

Theory
- Intro to spatial ecology: from spatial patterns to ecological processes
- GIS: functions, geographical approach and modeling of reality
- Types of GIS software: open source and proprietary software
- Data models: vectorial (points, lines and polygons) and raster (pixel)
- Principles and methods in remote sensing: electromagnetic reflectance, remote sensed image resolution, active and passive sensors, remote sensing platforms

Practicals (software: GIS and R)
- Visualization of geographical objects(features) on a map
- Preparation of plant and animal maps
- Preparation and analysis of environmental maps (land use/land cover, habitat maps, photosynthetic activity, etc.) in time and in space
- Principles and methods of cartographic extraction of bio-environmental features
- Introduction to Species Distribution Modeling (SDM)

Materials, PDFs of lecture slides and scripts are made available during the course

Suggested textbooks:
- Geographic Information Systems in Ecology (Methods in Ecology), Carol A. Johnston, Blackwell Scientific Edition, Malden, MA, 1998, p. 239.
- An Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis and Mapping, Chris Brunsdon and Lex Comber, SAGE Publications Ltd; 2015, p. 360


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