ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Objectives
Reinforce knowledge of a taxonomic group of the students' choice
Reinforce the personal approach in the identification
The students will have to choose a taxonomic group and carry out a complete personal work on the identification of the species of this group. This work will be supervised by a tutor specialist of the group (see list of possible speakers).
During the semester, special attention will be given to the collection and sharing of naturalist data in accordance with the SINP recommendations. Students will learn to use databases such as Faune France, iNaturalist, Observado etc. on a regular basis.)
For some groups, such as flora, students will also work on the production of data control tools such as herbariums, photographic databases...
The whole work will result in a report with presentation.
Necessary pre-requisites
- UE " Determination of the Fauna " and " Determination of the Flora " of S1 L3 EDEN
Knowledge control
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Organization (SDS or local) |
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Continuous control |
100 % |
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local |
TP |
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Oral |
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Additional information
Person(s) in charge : Benoit Nabholz & Errol VĂ©la
Contact details of the person(s) in charge (tel/mail): 04 67 14 32 36
benoit.nabholz @ umontpellier.fr @ & errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr @ ;
Targeted competencies
Competencies covered by the EU:
-Knowing current and past biodiversity (K2)
-Know the tools for describing biodiversity from the gene to the biosphere (K4)
-Know how to make an oral presentation and a scientific written report, using illustrations and a presentation adapted to the public concerned, with the help of adapted computer tools (L6)