ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.2 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
The general objective is the acquisition and consolidation, by the students, of basic knowledge about plant diversity, its importance, the pressures that threaten it and the biological bases for its conservation. More specifically, special attention will be paid to the species and communities of greatest ecological, social, economic or cultural interest, as well as to the strategies, techniques and methods used for their conservation and sustainable use.
BLOCK 1 Plant Biodiversity
1. Biodiversity. Concept. Levels. Plant biodiversity. The main groups of plants. Study techniques. (1 hour)
2. The importance of conserving plant biodiversity. Ecosystem functions of biodiversity. Conservation. (1 hour)
3. Geographical distribution of biodiversity. Areas of special importance in plant biodiversity. Hotspots. Study scales. (1 hour)
4. The biodiversity of fungi, algae and lichens. Current situation of its conservation at different scales. (1 hour)
5.- Biodiversity of Plants and Plant Communities. Current situation of its conservation at different scales. (1 hour)
6 - Biodiversity of interactions and importance of their conservation. (1 hour)
7.- Conservation of plant genetic resources. Ethnobotany. Traditional agricultural crops. Forest crops (1h)
BLOCK 2 Threats
8. Threats to diversity. Objectives and criteria for action for the conservation of plant diversity. (1 hour)
9. Threats to diversity. Anthropic factors. (1 hour)
10. Threats to diversity. Climate change. (1 hour)
11. The evaluation of the degree of threat. Criteria. IUCN Categories. Inventories of threatened flora: Atlases, red books and lists of protected flora. (1 hour)
BLOCK 3 Introduction to conservation
12. Fundamentals of plant conservation. The priorities for the conservation of plant species. (2h)
13. Methods of study of plant populations. Studies on distributions. Spatial analysis techniques. (1 hour)
14. Applications of reproductive biology of plant conservation - I. Morphology and phenology. Reproductive systems. Pollen biology and stigma. Pollination. Dispersion. (2h)
15. Demographic studies of plants (censuses, age classes, phase sizes, life tables, population projection matrices, etc.). Analysis of the viability of plant populations. (1 hour)
16. Ex situ conservation. Botanical Gardens. Germplasm Banks and Seed Banks. Tissue banks. (1 hour)
BLOCK 4 Legislation
17. The general legislation of the protection and conservation areas. Protected areas. Natura network, micro-reserves, etc. (1 hour)
18. General legislation for the protection and conservation of species. National Catalog of Protected Species. Guiding criteria for the inclusion of taxa and populations in the endangered species catalogs. Regional catalog of endangered species in Galicia. (1 hour)
BLOCK 5 Conservation tools
19. Protected areas. Design, Plans. Examples (2h)
20. Plans for the recovery of plants and habitats. Examples (2h)
21. The conservation of biodiversity in Galicia (2h)
Seminars
Their purpose is to learn sampling methods and data collection in the field.
Duration: 3h
Field practices
The possibility of carrying out the practice is contemplated in some of the best-preserved and most representative areas of the Galician flora and vegetation, in accordance with the resources available on the date it was carried out. If this is not possible, it will take place in an area close to the Faculty of Biology.
Duration: 11h
Tutorials
Advice on relevant aspects for the proper development of the subject
Duration: 1h
Exam (3 horas)
Basic bibliography
Bacchetta, G., Bueno, A., Fenu, G., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Mattana, E., Piotto, B. y Virevaire, M. eds., 2008. Conservación ex situ de plantas silvestres. [Recurso electrónico] Oviedo: Principado de Asturias; Obra Social “La Caixa”. Dispoñible en: http://www.conservacionvegetal.org/upload/publicaciones/28/Conserv-xsit…
Bañares, A. coord., 2002. Biología de la conservación de plantas amenazadas. Madrid: Organismo Autónomo de Parques Naturales.
Frankel, O.H., Brown, H.D. and Burdon, J.J., 1995. The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Given, D.R., 1994. Principles and Practice of Plant Conservation. London: Chapman & Hall.
Primark, R.B. y Ros, J., 2002. Introducción a la biología de la conservación. Barcelona: Ariel.
Complementary bibliography
Iriondo, J.M., Albert, M.J., Giménez, L., Domínguez, F. y Escudero, A. eds., 2009. Poblaciones en peligro: viabilidad demográfica de la flora vascular amenazada de España. [Recurso electrónico] Madrid: Dirección General de Medio Natural y Política Forestal, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. Dispoñible en: http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales
Maxted, N., Ford-Lloyd, B.V. and Hawkes, J.G., 1997. Plant Genetic Conservation: the in situ approach. London: Chapman & Hall.
on line resources
https://cmatv.xunta.gal/seccion-organizacion/c/Espazos_Naturais_Biodive…
http://www.anthos.es/
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/conservacion-de-la-bio…
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/espacios-protegidos/
Basic and General competences: They correspond to those contained in the report of the Degree in Biology (2nd edition)
Transversal competences:
CT1 - Ability to search, process, analyse and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
CT2 - Ability to reason, argue and think critically.
CT3 - Ability to work in groups and address problematic situations collectively.
CT6 - Ability to adequately reflect the sources of information used.
CT7- Ability to apply ITs in the field of Biology.
CT8 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge, promoting initiative and creativity.
CT9 - Ability to organize and work plan.
Specific competences:
CE4 – To know the origin of life, the mechanisms of inheritance and its evolution
CE5 – To understand the diversity of living things and biological cycles, as well as develop the ability to analyse and interpret their adaptations to the environment. CE12 – To know and understand the structure and dynamics of populations and communities.
CE13 – To know how to describe, analyse and interpret the physical environment and its relationship with living beings
-Master classes on the theoretical contents of the subject. Attendance is not mandatory. Face-to-face teaching.
-Field practices for conducting actual studies on plant species and communities in a given area, including the functions they perform and the state of conservation. The pedagogical methodology will be the resolution of problems of conservation of species or habitats. Each student will prepare a report with the obtained results. Attendance is not mandatory. Face-to-face teaching.
-Seminars on different aspects related to the current situation of plant biodiversity and its conservation, in Europe, Spain and Galicia. They will be complementary to practices, aimed at providing a global framework for solving specific conservation problems. Attendance is not mandatory.
- Tutorials to support the resolution of doubts and problems, as well as to provide complementary information to teaching or research, related to the subject. Attendance is not mandatory.
- The USC Virtual Campus will be used as a complement to theoretical and practical teaching
A written exam will be taken at the end of the subject. Since face-to-face teaching of the subject no longer existed due to the disappearance of its Study Plan, the theoretical exam grade will represent 100% of the final grade.
The subject cannot be passed if the student does not achieve a minimum of 5 points out of 10 in the theoretical exam grade.
In the second opportunity, the same criterion of 100% of the grade based on the theoretical exam will be maintained.
(hours)
Lecture classes: 30 h
Interactive classes: Practices and seminars: 2:00 p.m.
Tutorials: 1 h
Total face-to-face work hours: 45 h
Individual study: 57.5 h
Preparation of memory of practices: 5 h
Preparation of seminars: 5 h
Total hours of personal work of the student: 67.5 h
- Attendance to classes and active participation in debates
- Consult the books and other publications that are recommended
- Make use of the tutorials to solve doubts and problems
- Make use of all the work tools available at the Faculty of Biology (library, laboratories, computer room, .....) and at other USC centers.
Plagiarism and misuse of technology in the performance of exercises or exams: for cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and the review of grades will apply.
In general, it is expressly forbidden for students to distribute, among people outside the course, the teaching material (both written and audiovisual) available on the Virtual Campus or offered by teachers through other channels.
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