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Syllabus 2021-22 - 77013003 - Methods for Threatened Plants Conservation (Técnicas de conservación de flora amenazada)

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DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Análisis, conservación y restauración de hábitats
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-22
COURSE: Methods for Threatened Plants Conservation
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Methods for Threatened Plants Conservation
CODE: 77013003 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-22
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 2
ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: SALAZAR MENDIAS, CARLOS
DEPARTMENT: U102 - BIOLOGIA ANIMAL, BIOL.VEGETAL Y ECOLOGIA
FIELD OF STUDY: 063 - BOTÁNICA
OFFICE NO.: B3 - 439 E-MAIL: csalazar@ujaen.es P: 2788
WEBSITE: http://www4.ujaen.es/~csalazar/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9448-1460
LANGUAGE: - LEVEL: 2
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

THEORETICAL PROGRAM

BLOCK 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE THREATENED FLORA

 

Unit 1. Fundamentals of plant conservation. Background of the conservation of flora in Spain. Current situation and prospects. Endemic and rare flora. Threatened and protected flora.

 

BLOCK 2. METHODS AND TOOLS FOR THE STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF THREATENED PLANTS

 

Unit 2. Applications of plant reproductive biology to conservation. Reproductive systems, biology of pollen and stigma. Pollination as a critical process of fertilization. Biology of fruit and seed. Dispersion. Seeds rain and seed bank.

 

Unit 3. Demographic studies of plants. Censuses, age classes-sizes-phases, life tables, population projection matrices, etc. Viability analysis of plant populations: deterministic and probabilistic population models. Local determinants of the regeneration of plant populations.

 

Unit 4. Applications of population genetics to plant conservation. Structure, diversity and gene flow.

 

BLOCK 3. PROTECTION OF THREATENED FLORA

 

Unit 5. Threatened flora. Main threats to flora. Threat assessment and corrective measures. IUCN categories applied to plants.

 

Unit 6. Ex situ flora conservation techniques. Germplasm banks, micropropagation, cryopreservation. Botanical Gardens.

 

Unit 7. In situ techniques for the conservation of flora. Passive measures: Legislation on species and habitats. Natural Protected Areas. Conservation outside NPSs. Flora reserves design. Location, characterization and monitoring of populations. Active measures: Population control. Fences of exclusion. Restitution techniques

 

BLOCK 4. DESIGN OF PLANS FOR CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY OF PLANTS

 

Unit 8. Normative bases for the conservation of flora. Current international, national and autonomous legislation. Red books and red lists. Prioritization in the conservation of flora. Conservation and recovery plans.

 

 

PRACTICAL PROGRAM

 

Laboratory Practice: Pollen biology. Pollen stability and viability, Factors that affect pollen viability and fertility.

 

Practice outside the classroom (1): Visit to ex situ flora conservation facilities.

 

Practice outside the classroom (2): In situ conservation. The threatened flora inside and outside the Protected Natural Spaces.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Master classes in the classroom, practices in laboratory and practice classes outside the classroom (visits to conservation facilities and field trips).

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

  • Attendance control, participation and interest of the student (20 %)
  • Theoric exam (50%)
  • Reports and works on the practical part (30%)

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Pollen and pollination Amots Dafni, Michael Hesse, Ettore Pacini (Eds.). Edition: -. Author: Dafni, Amots, ed. lit.. Publisher: Springer  (Library)
  • Introduction to plant population biology Jonathan W. Silvertown, Jonathan Lovett Doust. Edition: 4th ed. Author: Silvertown, Jonathan W.. Publisher: Blackwell Science  (Library)
7. VIRTUAL / CLASSROOM TEACHING SCENARIO

In this scenario, all teaching activities, including evaluation, will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it. When the number of students and the capacities of the laboratories where the theory and practical classes will be developed allow it, the intended presence will be 100%.

1. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

 

1a) Groups with a number of students above the limited capacity in the classroom.

Formation activities

Format

Teaching methodology: description

18 hours of theory about the contents of the program

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Sessions of master classes, one hour of duration each.

2 hours of laboratory practices on the contents of the program

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Two-hour laboratory session on teaching labs.

10 hours of practice outside the classroom

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Two trips outside the classroom of five hours in duration each, which will be attended by all the students, maintaining the appropriate sanitary measures.

Tutoring

Online

Tutoring sessions will be done online (synchronous and asynchronous)

 

1b) Groups with a number of students below the limited capacity in the classroom.

Formation activities

Format

Teaching methodology: description

18 hours of theory about the contents of the program

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Sessions of master classes, one hour of duration each, held in the classroom.

2 hours of laboratory practices on the contents of the program

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Two-hour laboratory session on teaching labs,

10 hours of practice outside the classroom

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Two trips outside the classroom of five hours in duration each, which will be attended by all the students, maintaining the appropriate sanitary measures.

Tutoring

Online

Tutoring sessions will be done online (synchronous and asynchronous)

 

2- EVALUATION SYSTEM

Ordinary and extraordinary call

Assessment test

Format

Description

Percentage

Continuous assessment based on the participation and degree of interest of the student

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

based on the participation and degree of interest of the student

20%

Final exam

Teaching activities will be face-to-face to the extent that the social and health situation allows it.

Short questions and test-type questions done in-person if the allowed capacity of the classroom is not exceded (which is expected since there are <20 students regularly enrolled). In case of exceeding the capacity, then online examination with Google Forms in Meet session with activation of video camera for surveillance

50%

Evaluation of practical work

Delivery of reports (compulsory)

Evaluation of laboratory practices and practices outside the classroom. Exercises that substitute those practices that could not be made in-person.

30%

 3-  RESOURCES

The use of the necessary resources is offered by the University of Jaén (https://www.ujaen.es/herramientas-para-la-docencia-y-la-evaluacion-virtual) to teach and evaluate in the mixed scenario modality.

 

Electronic bibliographic resources from the Library of the University of Jaén will be used (https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/biblio/).

8. VIRTUAL TEACHING SCENARIO

1- TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Formation activities

Format

Teaching methodology: description

24 hours of theory about the contents of the program

Online

Synchronous sessions of theory classes by videoconference.

2 hours of virtualized laboratory practices

Online

Synchronous session of virtualized laboratory practice classes by videoconference of two hours duration.

4 hours of virtualized practices outside the classroom

Online

Synchronous session of virtualized field practice classes and visits to conservation institutions by videoconference of four hours.

Tutoring

Online

All tutoring sessions will be done online (synchronous and asynchronous)

 

2- EVALUATION SYSTEM

Ordinary and extraordinary call

Assessment test

Format

Description

Percentage

Continuous assessment based on the participation and degree of interest of the student

Online

Based on the participation of the student

20%

Final exam

Online

Short questions and test-type questions by online examination (synchronous or asynchronous) with Google Forms in Meet session with activation of video camera for surveillance, or with exercises in ILIAS platform.

50%

Evaluation of practical work

Deliver of reports

Evaluation of exercises and reports that substitute laboratory practices and practices outside the classroom. By means of deliver of reports in ILIAS platform and oral exposition by videoconference in Google Meet session.

30%

 

  3- RESOURCES

The use of the necessary resources is offered by the University of Jaén (https://www.ujaen.es/herramientas-para-la-docencia-y-la-evaluacion-virtual) to teach and evaluate in the online scenario modality.

 

Electronic bibliographic resources from the Library of the University of Jaén will be used (https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/biblio/).

DATA PROTECTION CLAUSE (on line exams)

Institution in charge of data processing: Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén

Data Protection Delegate: dpo@ujaen.es

Purpose: In accordance with the Universities Law and other national and regional regulations in force, carrying out exams and assessment tests corresponding to the courses students are registered in. In order to avoid frauds while sitting the exam, the exam will be answered using a videoconference system, being able the academic staff of the University of Jaén to compare and contrast the image of the person who is answering the exam with the student's photographic files. Likewise, in order to provide the exam with evidential content for revisions or claims, in accordance with current regulation frameworks, the exam will be recorded and stored.

Legitimacy: compliance with legal obligations (Universities Law) and other national and regional regulations currently in force.

Addressees: service providers who are the owners of the platforms where the exams are carried out and with whom the University of Jaén has signed the corresponding data access contracts.

Storage periods: those established in current in force regulations. In the specific case of exam videoconference recordings, not before the examination records and transcripts are closed or the exam can still be reviewed or challenged.

Rights: you can exercise your right of access, amendment, cancellation, opposition, suppression, limitation and portability by sending a letter to the postal or electronic address indicated above. In the event that you consider that your rights have been violated, you may submit a complaint to the Andalusian Council for Transparency and Data Protection www.ctpdandalucia.es

CLASS RECORDING CLAUSE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

Person in charge: Universidad de Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, s/n; Tel.953 212121; www.ujaen.es

Data protection delegate (DPO): TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U. ; Email: dpo@ujaen.es

Procedure aim: To manage proper recordings of teaching sessions with the aim of facilitating learning process under a multimodal and/or online teaching

Period for record storage: Images will be kept during legal term according to regulations in force

Legitimacy: Data will be managed according to legal regulations (Organic Law 6/2001, December 21, on Universities) and given consent provided by selecting corresponding box in legal admission documents

Data recipients (transfers or assignments): Any person allowed to get access to every teaching modality

Rights: You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, portability, limitation of processing, deletion or, where appropriate, opposition. To exercise these rights, you must submit a written request to the Information, Registration and Electronic Administration Service of the University of Jaen at the address above, or by e-mail to the address above. You must specify which of these rights you are requesting to be satisfied and, at the same time, you must attach a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent identification document. In case you act through a representative, legal or voluntary, you must also provide a document that proves this representation and identification. Likewise, if you consider that your right to personal data protection has been violated, you may file a complaint with the Andalusian Data Protection and Transparency Council www.ctpdandalucia.es