Università Roma Tre

The students should be able to:
1) recognize the major orders and families of vertebrates included in the program (cf the electronic files given by the professor) and describe their morphological, biogeographical and ecological traits;
2) assign a given species its position in the vertebrate phylogenetic tree through a critical discussion;
3) recognize at species level the vertebrates of the european fauna, with particular regard to the species of conservation concern or economic interest (fishery, aquaculture, hunting, trade, pest management, etc.);
4) working for public and private agencies, on national and international projects focused on biodiversity conservation, wildlife management and sustainable exploitation of animal resources.