VEGETATION ANALYSIS AND DIVERSITY

Course Information
TitleΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΙΚΙΛΟΤΗΤΑ ΒΛΑΣΤΗΣΗΣ / VEGETATION ANALYSIS AND DIVERSITY
CodeΒΟ.ΕΝΒ.8.7
FacultySciences
SchoolBiology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorIoannis Tsiripidis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40001182

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Viologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 30
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses846
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours5
Total Hours166
Class ID
600121732
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the concept of plant community as well as the plant species interactions and their relationships with abiotic factors. Furthermore, they will be able to understand and apply vegetation sampling and data analysis methods and to investigate vegetation differentiation in Greece and the corresponding ecological gradients.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work in teams
  • Respect natural environment
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. LECTURES The plant community concept. Plant species interactions. Vegetation sampling and description. Nature and properties of vegetation data. Classification and ordination methods. Systematic and nomenclature of vegetation units. Synecology and syndynamics. Applied study of vegetation. Vegetation diversity in Greece and the Habitats’ Directive of European Union. 2. TUTORIAL-REPORT WRITING Guidelines for the report writing, the concept of habitat type, floristic composition-typical species, ecology, geography and conservation value-status of habitat types. 3. EXCURSIONS Two field excursions. 1st excursion: Study of floristic composition and ecology of azonal vegetation types (riparian, freshwater and coastal vegetation), 2nd excursion: Study of floristic composition and ecology of zonal vegetation types (vegetation differentiation along an altitudinal gradient).
Keywords
Phytosociology, Plant geography, Plant ecology, Conservation
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use in teaching of video and special software, use in the project of online databases and e-learning system
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures301.2✓✓
Fieldwork160.6✓✓
Reading Assigment471.9✓
Tutorial30.1
Written assigments512.0✓✓✓
Exams30.1✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Presentation-examination of work, written examination
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Δημόπουλος Π. 2006. Αριθμητικές μέθοδοι οικολογικής ταξινόμησης. Αφοι Τερζή Ο.Ε. ISBN: 978-960-9407-02-1
Additional bibliography for study
Τσιριπίδης Ι. Διδακτικές σημειώσεις για το μάθημα Ανάλυση και ποικιλότητα βλάστησης (διαθέσιμες στο https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=4216) Διαφάνειες παρουσιάσεων από τις διαλέξεις (διαθέσιμες στο https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=4216)
Last Update
27-01-2020