UCL - Biodiversité des biomes terrestres

[BOE2121]

[10h + 40h] 3 credits

Teacher(s): Renate Wesselingh(coord.)

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

This course focuses on the dynamics of geographic distributions, differentiation and adaptation of plants and animals, associations of ecosystems and biomes, and human influences. It aims in particular at making the synthesis between ancient and recent information on populations, in order to better understand their structure, their diversity and functioning, and their future evolution.

Main themes

The Mediterranean biome and especially the coastal ecosystems (dunes and estuaries), Camargue, the plains of the Provence, and the hills and mountains (Alpilles, Ventoux) will be studied during a week-long excursion. The emphasis will be on their spatial distribution, the functioning of each ecosystem and its relation with the neighbouring ecosystems, on the adaptations of animals and plants and on the human influence on landscape evolution.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Evaluation Written report on excursion
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