601 BIODIVERSITY
| Category: Mandatory Class Hours: 5 Laboratory Hours: 0 ECTS: 8 |
Course Type: Scientific Area Prerequisite Courses: Language of Teaching and Exams: Greek Is the course offered to ERASMUS students: Yes (in English) |
Course Curriculum:
- Biodiversity: Definitions, key concepts, Rio convention, indicators and measurement methods.
- Time analysis: Biodiversity evolution and key species
- Spatial analysis: biogeographical regions, gradations and limits of diversity, endemism.
- Importance of biodiversity: economic and ecosystem value of biodiversity to humans (direct and indirect).
- Biodiversity in Greece, at the level of systems and species, biodiversity of agricultural ecosystems.
- Anthropogenic effects on the biodiversity of natural and agricultural ecosystems, species extinctions and population declines. Climate change and threats to biodiversity.
- Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of its components: Biodiversity management measures and basic principles (monitoring, disturbance assessment, restoration).
- National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy Framework and other legislative provisions related to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Literature:
1. K.J. Gaston, J.I. Spicer, Βιοποικιλότητα – Μια εισαγωγή, Εκδόσεις University Studio Press, 2008, Κωδικός Εύδοξου: 17153
2. R. Relyea, R. Roberts, Οικολογία – Η Οικονομία της φύσης, Εκδόσεις Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, 2019, Κωδικός Εύδοξου: 86053275
