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Islands as models to study biological diversity and socio-ecosystems resilience in a changing world - attivato per gli/le studenti/esse della S.S.S.T F. Rossi
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Islands as models to study biological diversity and socio-ecosystems resilience in a changing world - attivato per gli/le studenti/esse della S.S.S.T F. Rossi
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Anno accademico 2023/2024
- Codice attività didattica
- SVB0276
- Corso di studio
- Laurea Magistrale in Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali (SSN) D.M. 270
- Anno
- 2° anno
- Periodo
- Da definire
- Tipologia
- A scelta dello studente
- Crediti/Valenza
- 3
- Erogazione
- Tradizionale
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Frequenza
- Facoltativa
- Tipologia esame
- Orale
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Sommario insegnamento
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Obiettivi formativi
The course will bring to students an overview of island characteristics and historical importance
in humanities and sciences, with a pluri-disciplinary approach of its importance in literature,
geography, sociology, economics and environmental sciences. The focus on islands as
laboratories will help in explaining how global changes are working in synergia and how they are
impacting societies and ecosystems. Based on regional case studies, the student will analyse
some published documents of data set to propose solutions that can be developed to tackle the
ongoing changes impacting societies and biological diversity on islands. Examples of concrete
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Programma
The course will first give an introduction to the importance of islands as natural laboratories to
understand ecological and evolutionary processes that build up ecosystems and biological
diversity. It will highlight the geographical characteristics of different island types, oceanic and
continental (mountains, lakes, …) and fragmented habitats functioning like islands. Because
islands are particularly vulnerable to global changes and anthropogenic disturbances such as
deforestation, defaunation, climate and land use changes, and biological invasions the second
part of the course will deal with islands as models to better understand the drivers of global
changes. We will analyse case studies from islands to address key issues like : the resilience of
socio-ecosystems to natural disturbance like volcanism, hurricanes, drought and fire; the role of
climatic fluctuations and human practices on land use changes; the impact of biological invasions and breakdown of geographic barriers.- Oggetto:
Modalità di insegnamento
In- person Lessons. Seminars
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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Oral exam
Testi consigliati e bibliografia
- Registrazione
- Aperta
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