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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
BIOD0001-1  Biodiversity survey and management, 1st part
Duration :  18h Th, 6h SEM
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd yearFirst semester2
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearSecond semester2
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearFirst semester2
Holder(s) :  Arnaud Monty
Language :  French language
Course contents :  THEORY
Biodiversity : Définition and concept
Measuring Biodiversity
- Communities diversity
- Species diversity
- Genetic diversity
- Case studies
Strategy for biodiversity management
- Ex-Situ and in-situ strategies
- A legal framework for biodiversity management
- Protected areas
- Biological invasions
- Species conservation
PRACTICE
- Readings and Seminars
Course objective :  To provide a global approach of biodiversity quantification and to identify goals and strategies for biodiversity management.
After completing the course the student is expected to
Select and interpret the adequate measure of biodiversity depending of the context.
Identify main goals of biodiversity management and their interrelationships.
Organization :  Lectures : 18h
Seminars : 6h
Written notes :  Présentations POWER POINT
PRIMACK RB. 1995. A primer of conservation biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. USA. (ISBN 0-87893-730-7) Bibliothèque Ecologie.
MAGURRAN AE. 2003. Measuring Biological Diversity. Blackwell Science Ltd. (ISBN 0-632-05633-9). Bibliothèque Ecologie.
Lockwood M. et al. 2006. Managing protected areas. IUCN. (ISBN - 1-84407-303-3). Bibliothèque Ecologie.
Assessment :  Oral examination (100%)
Contacts :  Mahy, Grégory (Professeur)
Ecologie
081 62 22 45
mahy.g@fsagx.ac.be


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