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| Course name | OS12b - Application of the principles of bioindication in ecology and nature conservation - common species of agricultural landscape birds used as HNVf indicators in Italy and Poland |
| Course ID | 13.9-WB-OS2P-bioind-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Biological Sciences |
| Field of study | Environmental Protection |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2021/2022 |
| Semester | 6 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Laboratory | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Applying the concept of bioindicators in Ecology and Conservation: Common farmland bird species used as indicators of HNVf in Italy and Poland
Regular students. Basic knowledge of ecology, evolution, biodiversity and conservation biology is helpful.
Topics: The decline of biodiversity in the European agro ecosystems. Definition of HNVf. The concept of bioindicators: using organisms to measure environmental impacts. Types of bioindicators: umbrella species, key species, flag species, focal species. Applying the Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and hierarchical partitioning analysis to identify a set of few bird species suitable to monitoring the HNV farmlands: a case of study. UE policy and opportunities.
Lectures and semester assignment (exposition of 1 selected topic in a presentation).
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Presence all lectures of the course. Development and presentation of one topic selected during the course.
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Morelli, F., Møller, A.P., Nelson, E., Benedetti, Y., Liang, W., Šímová, P., Moretti, M., Tryjanowski, P., 2017. The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe. Sci. Rep. 7, 4376. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04794-3
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Butchart, S.H.M., Clarke, M., Smith, R.J., Sykes, R.E., Scharlemann, J.P.W., Harfoot, M., Buchanan, G.M., Angulo, A., Balmford, A., Bertzky, B., Brooks, T.M., Carpenter, K.E., Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Cornell, J., Ficetola, G.F., Fishpool, L.D.C., Fuller, R.A., Geldmann, J., Harwell, H., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Joolia, A., Joppa, L., Kingston, N., May, I., Milam, A., Polidoro, A., Ralph, A., Richman, N., Rondinini, C., Segan, D., Skolnik, B., Spalding, M., Stuart, S.N., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Visconti, P., Watson, J., Wood, L., Burgess, N.D., 2015. Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global conservation area targets. Conserv. Lett. 1–9. doi:10.1111/conl.12158
Modified by dr Olaf Ciebiera (last modification: 19-05-2021 22:02)
