58288 - Palynology

Academic Year 2007/2008

  • Docente: Luisa Forlani
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: BIO/02
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Luisa Forlani (Modulo 2) Luisa Forlani (Modulo 1)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Natural Sciences (cod. 0105)

Learning outcomes

This teaching aims to provide the basics of pollen grains morphology, of palynology's field of application and of the extraction techniques of pollen grains.

Course contents

Definition of palynology, aims and overall concepts. Pollen's morphology. Fields of application of palynology: actuo- and paleopalynology.

Morphobiometric exam of pollen with optical microscope. Extraction and preparation techniques of differente kinds of material, criterions for observation, identifcation and calculation of sporomorphs , statistic treatment and graphic data drafting.

Teaching methods

The course will be integrated with exercises in la.

Assessment methods

Oral exam integrated with identification of pollen' s preparations.

Teaching tools

PC, overhead projector, video-projector, CD with material utilized troughout the lessons.

Optical microscopes, instruments of the palynology lab.

Office hours

See the website of Luisa Forlani