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: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
To provide students with a general and up-to-date overview of the studies in this discipline. The aim is for the student to know:
- The historical development of zoogeography up to the present day.
- The terminology and basic concepts of zoogeography.
- The main currents of thought within modern zoogeography.
- Most common methods of zoogeographical analysis.
- To become familiar with the literature in this discipline.
General
The subject "Zoogeography" is taken in the second semester and consists of 4.5 ECTS credits. The programme is divided into nine thematic blocks of unequal duration.
Topic 1.- Introduction to Zoogeography . Definition and scope. History of Zoogeography: Pre-Darwinian zoogeography, Darwinian-Wallacean period, Modern period. (2 h)
Theme 2.- Geographical distribution areas.
Basic entities of biodiversity and eidonomy: Diplogeny, monogeny and mixogeny. Speciation models. Diversification and adaptive radiation. Concept of range. Description of species ranges. Range dynamics: expansion, regression, displacement and partitioning. Endemisms. Shape of ranges. Vicariance. Area limiting factors. Zonal or Circumterrestrial Areas. Regional areas. (4 h)
Systematic Zoogeography.
Zoogeographical classification. The zoogeographical kingdoms. Transition zones. (4 h)
Theme 4.- Zoogeography of Inland Waters.
Delimitation between marine and inland waters. Global and regional zoogeographic distributions for freshwater fauna. (2 h)
Theme 5.- Marine Zoogeography.
Marine biogeographic classification systems. Marine zoogeographic kingdoms. (4 h)
Historical Zoogeography.
Vicariance/dispersion, Hooker's paradox. Biogeographical schools: Dispersionism, Phylogenetic biogeography, Panbiogeography, Cladistic biogeography, Process-based biogeography, Probabilistic or parametric biogeography, Phylogeography. (6 h)
Theme 7.- Island Zoogeography.
Island theory . Disharmony . Peculiarities of island biotas. Fossil islands. (2 h)
Biological invasions.
Definition of invasive alien species. Concept of introduction. The invasion process. Invasibility. Consequences of the introduction of invasive alien species. (1 h)
Ecological Zoogeography.
Terrestrial, marine and inland water biomes. (1 h)
Other teaching activities:
Tutorials: The tutorials will deal with questions related to the theoretical classes and the preparation of the work to be presented at the end of the course. (5 h)
Class presentation (Seminars): students are expected to carry out individual work, which they will present orally in the corresponding seminar sessions in group format. The choice of topic and the date of the presentation will be made at the beginning of the course. The work will be presented to the teacher prior to its presentation in class in Power Point pptx format with incorporated sound or in mp4 video format (10 h).
a) BASIC
COX C. BARRY & MOORE PETER D., Biogeography. An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach, ed. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1985.
OTERO GONZÁLEZ, J.C., La geografía de la vida: La biogeografía Editorial: Aula Magna Proyecto clave McGraw Hill, 514 pp., 2021
GORMAN, M. L., Ecología insular, ed. Vedrá, 1979. KURTEN, B. et al., Algunas consecuencias y ejemplos de la deriva continental en: Deriva continental y Tectónica de placas, ed. Blume, 1976.
MAC ARTHUR, R. H. & WILSON, E. O., Island Biogeography, ed. Princenton University Press, 1967.
LOMONINO M.V. Biogeography. Sinauer Assoc. Inc. 845 pp MÜLLER, P., Introducción a la Zoogeografía, ed. Blume, 1979.
ZUNINO, M. & ZULLINI, A., Biogeografia. La dimensione spaziale dell’evoluzione, ed. Ambrosiana, 1995.
b) COMPLEMENTARY
DI CASTRI, F.; HANSEN A. J. & DEBUSSCHE, M., Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.
LEMÉE, G., Précis de Biogéographie, ed. Masson et Cie, 1967.
MORRONE, J. J., Biogeografía de América Latina y el Caribe, M&T- Manuales & Tesis SEA, 3, 148 pp, 2001.
In this subject the student will acquire or practice a series of basic/general, transversal and specific competences, specific to Zoogeography in particular, and to the Degree in Biology in general.
Within the competences in this area, special attention will be given to the following:
Basic and General
All the basic and general competences will be worked on in this subject, but especially the competences CB3 and CG5.
Transversal
CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - Capacity for reasoning and argumentation.
CT3 - Ability to work in groups and deal with problem situations collectively.
TC4 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and up-to-date information
CT5 - Ability to produce and present an organised and comprehensible text.
CT6 - Ability to make a clear, concise and coherent public presentation.
CT8. ICT skills
CT9 - Use of bibliographic and Internet information
CT11- Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge.
Specific
SC1.c - Distinguish between environmental and historical causes of the distribution of organisms, in general and in particular cases.
CE3.c - Interpret the current distribution of organisms based on the concepts and principles of contemporary biogeography.
CE3.e - Use the tools of biogeography and related sciences to address conservation problems on a regional scale.
Teaching methodology
The approach of the subject will be theoretical/practical, combining theory classes with the writing of papers by the students and their subsequent presentation, which will serve to complement the training received in the classroom.
In this subject the student will acquire or practice a series of generic and specific competences desirable in any university degree and, in particular, for professionals in zoogeography.
3 hours of theory classes per week in a four-monthly programme.
- Lectures and interactive classes: The classes will be conducted through lectures (presentation and discussion of topics) where the teacher will try to emphasize the most important aspects of the subject, and where the assimilation of content by the students will be verified.
- Assignments: students are expected to carry out a project, individually or in pairs, which they will present orally in the corresponding sessions at the end of the course. The choice of topic and the date of the presentation will be made at the beginning of the course. The work will be presented to the teacher prior to its presentation in class in Power Point pptx format with incorporated sound or in mp4 video format, and will be 10 minutes long. A critical analysis of the chosen topic and the bibliography used will be added in Word or pdf format.
- Tutorials. these will be mainly face-to-face, although they may be partially virtual depending on the progress of the course. The tutorials will deal with questions related to the theoretical classes and the preparation of the work to be presented at the end of the course.
Theory: There will be a compulsory final theory test in addition to the continuous assessment, on the date announced by the Dean's Office. It will consist of a written exam on various questions contained in the syllabus of the subject. In the exam the following competences will be assessed: CT1, CT2, CT5, CT9, CT 11, CE1 c - (50%)
Presentation of work and critical commentary. The presentation of a work on some aspects of the discipline, based on original or bibliographical sources, is compulsory. The synthesis of the information gathered and the ability to transmit it, the presentation of the work and the ability to respond to the questions asked will be assessed. - In the performance and presentation of the work: CT5, CT6, CT9, CE1 c CE3c CE3e - (40%). In the critical commentary: TC1, TC4, TC5 and TC11 - (10%).
Monitoring for continuous assessment will be carried out through tutorials with the periodic review of the work assignments.
Passing the course implies obtaining a minimum pass mark (5), both in the theory exam and in the work and critical commentary. In the case of passing only one of the two parts (theory or presentation of the work), the pass mark will be maintained only for the corresponding academic year.
The final grade will be obtained according to the following scale: the theoretical part will represent 50% of the grade, the work and its presentation will represent 40% and the critical commentary will represent 10%.
The assessment system for repeaters will be identical to that of students taking the subject for the first time.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations on the assessment of students' academic performance and review of grades shall apply.
CLASSROOM WORK.
Lectures: 22 h
Seminars: 10 hours (presentation of work).
Qualifying exams: 2 hours.
Total hours of classroom work: 43 h.
PERSONAL WORK OF THE STUDENT
Work preparation: 15 h
Study time: 54.5 h
Total hours of personal work: 69.5
TOTAL HOURS OF THE COURSE: 4.5 X 25 = 112.5 h
Attendance at theory classes
Handling of recommended bibliography.
Make use of the tutorial hours to clarify and discuss any possible doubts raised by the contents taught and on the outline and development of the work to be carried out.
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