Università Roma Tre

The course includes theoretical and practical lessons on topics related to the sampling techniques of animal organisms, vertebrates and invertebrates, terrestrial and aquatic.
The main topics covered in the program are: Sampling theory; Monitoring; Biological invasions/eradication; Genetics/Genomics applied to taxonomy, systematics, ecology and conservation; Sampling of model taxa (bats, birds - ringing, micromammals, Soil Fauna, Insects, Inland water Macrobenthos, Ecotoxicology).
- The student will learn the criteria for choosing the most appropriate experimental model and sampling techniques:
(i) to the animal group analyzed (invertebrate, vertebrate, aquatic, terrestrial, flyer etc.),
(ii) to the type of research to be carried out on it (ecological, taxonomic, phylogenetic, anatomical, etc.),
(iii) to the biology and ecology of the species and populations studied (e.g. behavior, spatial structure, biological cycle),
(iv) to the assessment of the number of sample units,
(v) the context of the sampling effort, (vi) the spatial and temporal pattern of sampling.
- Through laboratory and field simulations, the student will learn the sampling techniques of the main taxonomic groups of Metazoa, based on direct, indirect, qualitative or quantitative collections, capture-mark-recapture methods, radio tracking, traps (with or without attractants, photo-traps, light traps, pheromone traps, etc.).

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The course includes theoretical and practical lessons on topics related to the sampling techniques of animal organisms, vertebrates and invertebrates, terrestrial and aquatic.
The main topics covered in the program are: Sampling theory; Monitoring; Biological invasions/eradication; Genetics/Genomics applied to taxonomy, systematics, ecology and conservation; Sampling of model taxa (bats, birds - ringing, micromammals, Soil Fauna, Insects, Inland water Macrobenthos, Ecotoxicology).
- The student will learn the criteria for choosing the most appropriate experimental model and sampling techniques:
(i) to the animal group analyzed (invertebrate, vertebrate, aquatic, terrestrial, flyer etc.),
(ii) to the type of research to be carried out on it (ecological, taxonomic, phylogenetic, anatomical, etc.),
(iii) to the biology and ecology of the species and populations studied (e.g. behavior, spatial structure, biological cycle),
(iv) to the assessment of the number of sample units,
(v) the context of the sampling effort, (vi) the spatial and temporal pattern of sampling.
- Through laboratory and field simulations, the student will learn the sampling techniques of the main taxonomic groups of Metazoa, based on direct, indirect, qualitative or quantitative collections, capture-mark-recapture methods, radio tracking, traps (with or without attractants, photo-traps, light traps, pheromone traps, etc.).

Didactic material provided by the teachers