Applied Geobotany

Code: PAO14191M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Environment and Ecology Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Consolidate basic concepts of ecology and acquire a global overview of organized plant world.
Understanding the landscape vegetal component and the main environmental factors that influence their distribution and adaptations;
Knowing the phytosociological method and the main climatophilous vegetation series in Portugal; Understanding the diversity of Portuguese landscapes.

Ecological factors that influence the adaptation and distribution of plants and phytocoenosis
Bioclimatology and Biogeography
Methods to study vegetation (phytosociological methodology) and analysis of plant communities Landscape (Phytosociology Integrated): Series and Geoseries
Conservation and Heritage Management
Applied phytosociology
Degraded areas recover: particular case-studies.

Teaching Methods

3 hours weekly are taught theoretical and practical that will be exposed to the concepts and theoretical foundations are complemented by practical classes will be taught in the laboratory and field trips.
System of continuous assessment: practical work done in group, individual oral presentation required to contribute 50%. Scheme of Examination: The student performs a single assessment test (100%) levied on all the subjects taught.