Wildlife Management
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The aim is providing the knowledge and competences needed for a correct management of wild animals. Data and information analyzed by scientific literature will be integrated with the current environmental legislation. The course will focus on the issues of both endangered and problematic species
Expected learning outcomes
Capacity of understanding how environmental modifications determine wildlife distribution; understanding the criteria for the creation and management of protected areas; ability to perform informed management actions
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
General introduction and explanation of the evaluation system; an introductio n to wildlife management; explanations of field excursions.
International conventions; CITES, IUCN
Habitat directive
Edge effect and its implications; maanging ecotones.
Ecological webs; corridors for wildlife; toads rescue
Protected areas
Wildlife management in regional parks of Lombardy
Invertebrates conservation and management
Surrogates
In situ and ex situ conservation
Reintroductions
Predator-prey interactions; Landscape of Fear (LOF) e Hunters' Horizon (HuHo); wolfs.
Excursion to the Animanatura Wild Sanctuary, Semproniano (GR) and to the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi.
Spontaneous range variations in wildlife
Excursion about the jackal at the mouth of Isonzo river
Climate change and new challenges
Biodiversity hot spots
Management of dry grasslands
Management of freshwater crayfishes
Management of amphibians
Management of springs
Field trip on the management of the black olm
Management of bats
Management of fish
Management of hunted species
Management of reptiles and of dry stone walls
How to write a conservation project
International conventions; CITES, IUCN
Habitat directive
Edge effect and its implications; maanging ecotones.
Ecological webs; corridors for wildlife; toads rescue
Protected areas
Wildlife management in regional parks of Lombardy
Invertebrates conservation and management
Surrogates
In situ and ex situ conservation
Reintroductions
Predator-prey interactions; Landscape of Fear (LOF) e Hunters' Horizon (HuHo); wolfs.
Excursion to the Animanatura Wild Sanctuary, Semproniano (GR) and to the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi.
Spontaneous range variations in wildlife
Excursion about the jackal at the mouth of Isonzo river
Climate change and new challenges
Biodiversity hot spots
Management of dry grasslands
Management of freshwater crayfishes
Management of amphibians
Management of springs
Field trip on the management of the black olm
Management of bats
Management of fish
Management of hunted species
Management of reptiles and of dry stone walls
How to write a conservation project
Prerequisites for admission
Basic knowledge of zoology and ecology.
Teaching methods
Oral lectures, field excursions.
Teaching Resources
- Slides of lectures; additional reference material will be available online
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral exam.
The exam will be divided in two main partos:
-the first one will be an oral presentation using power point about a conservation/management project proposed by the student. The case can be both at the very local level or more global and it is intended to verify the capability of the student to propose and develop a valid conservation project.
- after the presentation there will be a verification of the level of knowledge acquired by the student and of the critical analysis of wildlife management cases/studies.
The exam will be divided in two main partos:
-the first one will be an oral presentation using power point about a conservation/management project proposed by the student. The case can be both at the very local level or more global and it is intended to verify the capability of the student to propose and develop a valid conservation project.
- after the presentation there will be a verification of the level of knowledge acquired by the student and of the critical analysis of wildlife management cases/studies.
BIO/05 - ZOOLOGY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor:
Manenti Raoul
Shifts:
Turno
Professor:
Manenti RaoulProfessor(s)