Course: Ecology

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Course title Ecology
Course code KBI/E107
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Czerneková Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the ecology, syllabus and recommended literature 2. Terminology, definition of ecology, biotic and abiotic environment, classification of factors, field and subject of ecology 3. Organism and his environment, adaptation, divergence and convergence, nomenclature and terminology 4. Ecological factors (abiotics x biotics), climate and clime, classification and characteristics of biomes 5. Territory such as source, special forms of nutrition 6. Ecological characteristic of atmosphere, hydrosphere and pedosphere 7. Interactions among living organisms and their environment, characteristics of the environment of living organisms 8. The ecology of populations, density, distribution, structure, natality and mortality, migration, population dynamics 9. The ecology of guilds, synecology, density, abundance, production, dominance, presence and absence, other characteristic 10. Interspecific and intraspecific interactions among living organisms 11. The study of ecosystem, other parts of the biosphere and the relationship between man and the biosphere 12. The study of biodiversity, diversity index 13. Discussion and conclusion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The ecology is the science about the interactions among living organism and their environment. This subject is concentred on the characteristics of the environment of living organism, ecological factors (abiotics x biotics). The ecology of populations, synecology, aquatic and landscape ecology are the major subjects of these lectures. Other topics include the study of biodiversity, ecosystem, other parts of biosphere and the ralationship between man and the biosphere.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Begon, Harper a kol. Ekologie, jedinci, populace a společenstva. Nakl. UP Olomouc.. UP Olomouc, 1997.
  • Begon, Harper a kol. Ekologie, jedinci, populace a společenstva. Nakl. UP Olomouc.. UP Olomouc, 1997.
  • Divigneaud P. Ekologická syntéza. Academia . Praha.. 1988.
  • Divigneaud P. Ekologická syntéza. Academia . Praha.. 1988.
  • Divigneaut P. Ekologická syntéza. Academia Praha, 1998.
  • Dorst, J. Ohrožená příroda. Praha, Orbis, 1985.
  • Jeník J. Ekosystémy. PřF UK Praha. 133pp. 1996.
  • Kudrna K. a kol. Biosféra a lidstvo. Academia. Praha.. 1988.
  • Kudrna K. a kol. Biosféra a lidstvo. Academia. Praha.. 1988.
  • Losos, B. Ekologie živočichů. SPN Praha, 316 pp.. 1984.
  • Losos B. Ekologie živočichů. SPN. Praha.. 1985.
  • Pivnička K. Ekologie. Univerzita Karlova. Praha.. 1988.
  • Pivnička K. Ekologie. Univerzita Karlova. Praha.. 1988.
  • Pollock S. Atlas ohrožených živočichů (The Atlas of Endangered Animals). Praha, NDOP, 64 s..
  • Pollock, S. Atlas ohrožených živočichů (The Atlas of Endangered Animals). Praha, NDOP, 64 s., 1995.
  • Slavíková J. Ekologie rostlin. SPN. Praha.. 1986.
  • Slavíková J. Ekologie rostlin. SPN. Praha.. 1986.
  • Vlasák, P. 1986. Ekologie savců. Academia, Praha. 291 str..
  • Wilmer P, Stone G., Johnston I. Environmental Physiology of Animals (second edition). Blackwell Publishing, 2 5.


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