DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental and Natural Sciences
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 3° Year - ENVIRONMENTAL Curriculum
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental and Natural Sciences
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 3° Year - ENVIRONMENTAL Curriculum
BRYOLOGY
BIO/02 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester
Teaching Staff
MARTA MARIA PUGLISILearning Objectives
Provide evidence to know and understand the diversity of bryophytes through the study of their morphology, cytology and and reproductive mechanisms. Acquire capacity for identification of the species through the use of dichotomous keys and fresh preparations.
Detailed Course Content
Taxonomy and systematics of Bryophyta (mosses), Marchantiophyta (liverworts) and Anthocerotophyta (hornworts). Identification of bryophyte species and use of dichotomous keys; slide preparation of fresh specimen. Life forms and life strategies. Ultrastructural cytology of the bryophytes. The bryophyte safeguard: the IUCN categories and red-list.
Textbook Information
Aleffi M. (a cura di) - Biologia ed Ecologia delle briofite. Antonio Delfino Editore.
Material provided by the teacher.
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