Basic ecology: concepts and methods

This course is an introduction to the general concepts of scientific ecology: levels of organization, measurement and conservation of biodiversity, biogeography, biotic and abiotic factors of distribution and dynamics of biodiversity. It also provides an understanding of the methods used in scientific ecology: the importance of experimentation, reflection on the construction of a protocol, data analysis, oral and written reports of an experiment

- Knowing the mechanisms and processes behind biodiversitý

- To know and be able to implement the different approaches and tools used in evolutionary biology and ecology: observation, sampling, experimentation and statistical analysis

- Know the different levels of organization from the organism to the biosphere and their interactions

- Know the tools for describing biodiversity from the gene to the biosphere

- Know the applications of organism biology, evolutionary biology and ecology (health, agronomy, conservation, restoration)

- Know the biodemographic and adaptive strategies of organisms, in relation to their resources, interactions and the characteristics of their living environment

- Know how to mobilize concepts and tools from different disciplines to analyze a document, an observation or the result of an experiment

Cross-cutting competencies

- Be able to propose a problem, propose and implement an observation approach, a sampling plan or an experimental approach, and analyze the resulting data, using computer tools for data entry, analysis and storage

- Know how to carry out a project within a group

- Know how to work independently, adapt to a new context and take relevant initiatives

- Knowing how to position oneself in a group in order to implement the project, knowing how to listen and exchange