Methods in Applied Ecology

The teaching aims to provide to students the basics to evaluate the main problems related to anthropic pollution and the potential critical issues regarding natural ecosystems. The focus will be mainly on the problems of the main compartments that characterize natural ecosystems.

At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1) Describe the main issues related to anthropic impacts in the different environmental matrices (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere)
2) Identify the main methodological and instrumental approaches for environmental pollution monitoring and managing
3) Critically examine the environmental issues discussed during the course to identify the correct mitigation strategies