Biodiversity, Biological and Ecological Evolution

lsinc1233  2025-2026  Charleroi

Biodiversity, Biological and Ecological Evolution
5.00 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q1
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  This learning unit is not open to incoming exchange students!

Teacher(s)
Scauflaire Jonathan;
Language
French
Main themes
  1. Biodiversity and phylogenies: nature, classification principles and analysis techniques
  2. The mechanisms of evolution: the species and the mechanisms behind their emergence
  3. The adaptation of organisms to their environment: nature, origin and mechanisms
  4. Population ecology: life cycles, demography, migration and dispersal, life history, impact of intraspecific competition on populations
  5. Community ecology: types of interactions between species; interspecific competition and community structure, prey-predator relationships
  6. Biosphere: the biomes of the terrestrial globe, Walloon ecosystems, human impact on the biosphere
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

  • take stock of the diversity of living organisms;
  • explain the origin of this diversity in the light of the theory of evolution;
  • understand how organisms interact with each other;
  • understand how organisms adapt to their environment and to variations in the physico-chemical characteristics of their environment;
  • understand how populations of organisms evolve;
  • understand the impact of human activities on the biosphere.
 
Bibliography
Les PPT présentés lors des exposés théoriques, ressources multimédia, planning du quadrimestre et quelques références bibliographiques sont disponibles sur Moodle. Le devoir d’analyse d’un site d’intérêt biologique sera également remis sur cette plateforme.
Faculty or entity
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Additional module in life sciences and health for computer scientists
APPSCVS
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