ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
"The Darwin Field School takes place over one week with the following objectives:
- Create a group dynamic and integration within the Master 2 DARWIN-BEE class.
- Analyze ecological issues in their technical, scientific and social dimensions (e.g. reintroduction operations).
- Addressing biodiversity management issues in a humanized protected area.
- Oral presentation and comparison of results to an audience; assessment of the course.
Activities in Florac :
- Discover the landscapes of the Causse Méjean.
- Understand the specific missions of the Cévennes National Park and its scientific knowledge acquisition policy.
- Study the example of vultures in the Causses, the capercaillie and the beaver in the CNP, and the chamois in the Gorges du Tarn.
- Work in 3 sub-groups on different scientific and ethical themes.
Activities around Montpellier :
- Study bird migration and Mediterranean coastal ecosystems.
- Practicing urban ecology.
- Discover the fauna of the Mediterranean scrublands, with daytime hikes along the Buèges (entomofauna discovery) and evening hikes (bat and/or moth and nocturnal orthopteran evenings)".
Knowledge control
Final exam: 100%.
Further information
Hourly volumes* :
CM : 0 h
TD: 3 h
TP : 0 h
Field : 12 h
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SPS: 0 h
Seminars: 0 h
Outside UM: 0 h