Title (of the subject): GEOBOTÁNICA Code: Degree/Master: GRADO DE BIOLOGÍA Name of the module to which it belongs: Field: OPTATIVA

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1 17/18 Year DETAILS OF THE SUBJECT Title (of the subject): Code: 14 Degree/Master: GRADO DE BIOLOGÍA Year: 4 Name of the module to which it belongs: Field: OPTATIVA Character: OPTATIVA ECTS Credits: 6 Face-to-face classroom percentage: 4% Online platform: Duration: SECOND TERM Classroom hours: 6 Non-contact hours: 9 TEACHER INFORMATION Name: GALAN SOLDEVILLA, CARMEN (Coordinador) Department: BOTÁNICA, ECOLOGÍA Y FISIOLOGÍA VEGETAL Area: BOTÁNICA Office location: EDIFICIO CELESTINO MUTIS, ª PLANTA bv1gasoc@uco.es Phone: Name: NIETO LUGILDE, DIEGO Department: BOTÁNICA, ECOLOGÍA Y FISIOLOGÍA VEGETAL Area: BOTÁNICA Office location: EDIFICIO CELESTINO MUTIS, ª PLANTA bvnilud@uco.es Phone: REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Prerequisites established in the study plan The student must have approved the block of 6 credits corresponding to the basic subjects and at least 6 credits of compulsory subjects Recommendations The students must count with Level B1 in English SKILLS CE81n CB4v CB14v1 CB16v1 CB17v1 CB18v4 CE1v4 CE1v CE8n Interpret different operational responses relating to particular environments. Capable of critically anaylsing and synthesising, in line with the scientific method. Ethical commitment to environmental and social issues. Ability to organise and plan. Knowledge of applied IT in Biology Abiltity to put theory into practice. Development of the skills to identify characteristics of mediterranean vegitation Development of the skills to show, characterise and manage populations and plant communities. An understanding of Biology s fundamental concepts OBJECTIVES The main goal is to introduce the students in the knowledge of vegetation, presenting as fundamental parameters: a) variations among different types PAGE 1/6 17/18 Year

2 17/18 Year of vegetation; b) causes of these variations; c) biogeographical prospect of these variations CONTENT 1. Theory contents Block 1. Introduction 1. Case study: studies on chorology, ecology, sociology and paleobotany of three forestry species in Central-Europe: Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur and Pinus sylvestris. Definition and parts of the Geobotany. Block. Phytogeography (Floristic Geobotany). Geographic Ranges. Criteria to differentiate ranges. Cosmopolitan and Endemic geographic range. Origin and type of Endemism. Patterns of endemism.. Principles of discontinuity. Disjunction. Vicariance. Colonization density. 4. Evolution of the Geographical Range; diffusion. Biotic echange and dispersion routes.. Floristic division of Biosphere. Geoelements or Floristic Elements. Criteria for delimitation of floristic units. Link taa. 6. Holarctic Kingdom. Subkingdom Tetiano. Mediterranean Region. Biogeography in Spain. 7. Bioclimatology. Vegetation Regions. Vegetation Belts. Bioclimatic Belts. Block. Geobotany and Phytosociology 8. Structure of the vegetation. Concepts. Criteria and Classification Systems. Structural Units and Structural Systems. 9. Floristic Units and Floristic Systems. I Methodology on Phytosociology. II Multivariate Methods. 1. Succession definition. Succession types. Succession Units and Vegetation Series. 11. Clima definition. Actual, Potential and Primitive vegetation. Natural, Seminatural and Cultivated vegetation. 1. The concept of the plant community: a first approach; limiting environmental factors; the plant intrinsic properties. Plant community definition. The nature of the vegetation. Block 4. Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. 1. Forests in the plant landscape of the Iberian Peninsula. 14. Changes in Forests by human actions.. Practical contents 1. Identification of species and growth forms of Mediterranean vegetation.. Vegetation Analysis in the practices' place; main characteristics of different types of plants communities. Community sampling: the relevé method.. Sampling in forest communities. PAGE /6 17/18 Year

3 17/18 Year 4. Sampling in shrub and pre-forest communities.. Sampling in scrub communities. 6. Sampling in riparian communities. 7. Sampling in grasslands and other herbaceous communities 8. Analysis of the vegetation of the territory: main features and communities; dynamic considerations and potential vegetation 9. Cartography and Biogeography. 1. One day ecursion for sampling in communities of Sierra Morena. METHODOLOGY Methodological adaptations for part-time students and students with disabilities and special educational needs Both the methodology and student assessment, will be adapted to the specific circumstances that justify the student part-time registration Face-to-face activities Activity Assessment activities Ecursions Lectures Total hours: Large group 8 Medium group 7 7 Total Not on-site activities Activity Group work Self-study Total hours: Total 6 9 WORK MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS Internship notebook Dossier Clarifications: At the beginning of the practical lessons, the students will receive a field notebook with the necessary information for the proper development of the practical in field. This will also be available in the virtual classroom. All documents related to theoretical and practical lessons, papers or other documents presented in the classroom will be available in the virtual room for a better understanding or to acquire knowledge about the theoretical or practical lessons included in the program. PAGE /6 17/18 Year

4 17/18 Year EVALUATION Tools Eams Group work Practical cases and eamples Skills CB14v1 CB16v1 CB17v1 CB18v4 CB4v CE1v4 CE1v CE81n CE8n Total (1%) Minimum grade.(*) % % % (*) Minimum grade necessary to pass the subject Valora la asistencia?: No General clarifications on instruments for evaluation: Minimum note to eliminate eams and period of validity for partial qualifications: in theory the eam will be passed with a note equal or higher than. The note of the partial and final theoretical eams will be valid until the third call during the same year. The note of the practical eam and the report will be valid for successive courses. Clarifications on the methodology for part-time students and students with disabilities and special educational needs: Both the evaluation and the methodology will be adapted to the circumstances that justify the part-time Qualifying criteria for obtaining honors: The same criteria in the regulations of the University of Cordoba will be used. General clarifications on the partial evaluations: Se puede compensar la nota de un eamen con la de otro, siempre que sea igual o superior a 4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Basic Bibliography: General Strasburger, Tratado de Botánica, 8ª edición. Ed. Omega. Barcelona. Strasburger, 4. Tratado de Botánica, ª edición. Ed. Omega, Barcelona. Specific PAGE 4/6 17/18 Year

5 17/18 Year Block 1 Schulze, E.-D., Beck, E. & Müller-Hohenstein, K.. Plant Ecology. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. Block Brown, J.H. & Lomolino, M.V Biogeography, ª edi. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, Sunderlan. Massachusetts Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A The natural geography of plants. Columbia University Press. New York. Good, R The Geography of the Flowering Plants. Longman. Moore, D.M. (ed.) 198. Green Planet. The story of Plant Life on Earth. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. Rivas-Martínez, S Memoria del Mapa de Series de Vegetación de España. ICONA. Madrid. Rivas-Martínez, S., Díaz, T. E., Fernández González. F., Izco, J., Loidi, J., Lousa, M., & Penas, A.. Vascular Plant Communities of Spain and Portugal, Addenda to the Syntaonomical Checklist of 1. Itinera Geobotanica 1. Takhtajan, A Floristic regions of the world. University of California Press. Berkeley. Block Begon, Harper & Townsend 199. Ecology. Individuals, Populations and Communities. Blacwell Scientific. Publications. Braun Blanquet, J Fitosociología. Bases para el estudio de las comunidades vegetales. H. Blume Ediciones. Géhu, J.M. & Rivas-Martínez, S Notions fondamentales de Phytosociologie. H. Dierschcke (ed.) Ver.Intern.Symposien del IVV. Syntaonomie: -. Rinteln. Kent, M. & P. Coker, 199. Vegetation description and analysis. A practical approach. Belhaven Press. London. Küchler, A.W Natural and cultural vegetation. The Professional Geographer 1: 8-8. Küchler, A.W Vegetation Mapping. Mueller-Dombois, D. & H. Ellenberg, Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. Wiley International Edition. Block 4 Costa, M., Morla, C. & Sainz, H. (eds.) Los bosques ibéricos. Una interpretación geobotánica. Ed. Planeta. Barcelona. Carrión, J.S. Munuera Giner, M., Navarro Camacho, C, Sáez Soto, F.. Paleoclimas de la vegetacion cuaternaria en España a través del análisis polínico. Viejas falacias y nuevos paradigmas. Complutum, 11: Carrión, J.S.. Evolución Vegetal. DM, Murcia.. Further reading: PAGE /6 17/18 Year

6 17/18 Year None. COORDINATION CRITERIA - Delivery date job - Outputs Organization SCHEDULE Activity Assessment activities Ecursions Lectures 7 8 Period 1# Week # Week # Week 4# Week # Week 6# Week 7# Week 8# Week 9# Week 1# Week 11# Week 1# Week 1# Week 14# Week Total hours: The methodological strategies and the evaluation system contemplated in this Teaching Guide will be adapted according to the needs presented by students with disabilities and special educational needs in the cases that are required. PAGE 6/6 17/18 Year