Biogeography

Code:

BIOL3028

Acronym:

BIOL3028

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3159
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Landscape Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:AP	25	Official Study Plan	3	-	3	24	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- Understand the scope and the modern importance of Biogeography.

-Understand the impacts of environmental changes on biodiversity patterns.

- Know and recognize the diversity of terrestrial biomes.

- Understand and interpret the biogeography of Europe and Portugal from a hierarchic perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Skills to analyze and interpret patterns of biodiversity in multiple spatial and temporal scales.

- Evaluate the influence of ecological and biological factors on species richness and diversity at different spacial and temporal scales

Working method

Presencial

Program

- An introduction to Biogeography. Species richness and biodiversity. - Patterns and gradients; distribution patterns. Islands and oceans.

- Paleobiogeography. Phylogeography.

- Multi-scale environmental changes and responses of biodiversity to those changes; climate change, biological invasions, land uses and other disturbances.

- Global biogeography: environmental conditions, terrestrial biomes, and biogeographic realms.

- Biogeography of Europe: enviromental conditions, biomes, and biogeographic regions.

- Biogeography of Portugal: environmental conditions, potential natural vegetaton, and biogeographic provinces.

Mandatory literature

Cox CB & Moore P; Biogeography, an Ecological and Evolutionary approach, 8th Ed. Wiley & Sons, 2010. ISBN: 9780470637944
Lomolino et al ; Biogeography, Sinauer Ass, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Glen MacDonald; Biogeography - Introduction to Space, Time and Life, Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0-471-24193-8
M. Costa Tenorio et al.; Los bosques ibéricos - una interpretación geobotánica, Planeta, 2001. ISBN: 84-08-02869-3
Walter Heinrich Siegmar-Walter Breckle 1898-; Walter.s vegetation of the earth. ISBN: 978-3-540-43315-6
Groombridge Brian; World atlas of biodiversity
Costa JC, Aguiar C, Capelo JH, Lousã M, Neto C; Biogeografia de Portugal Continental., Quercetea vol. 0: 5-56., 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Lectures: explanation/discussion of themes 

- Group projects on specific subjects within the scope of the course, with targeted literature search and tutored discussions.

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science > Ecology > Ecosystems
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biodiversity > Biodiversity characterisation
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Ecology > Bioclimatology
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Evolutionary biology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	85,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	15,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	10,00
Estudo autónomo	23,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending and preparing all theoretical and practical classes is a basic requirement.
Theorethical classes are, nevertheless not mandatory.
Practical classes are mandatory though missing a maximum of 25% of the total number of classes is permited

 

Calculation formula of final grade

- Sum of classification in the final exam (14) and in the group projects (6) out of 20.

- Approval with a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Written essay necessary to attend the exam - contact the teachers

Classification improvement

- Improvement by repetition of the final exam. The 10% of the final grade obtained in the group project cannot be repeated.

- Approval with a minimum mark of 9.5 out of 20.