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Lecturer(s)
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Kubát Karel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Geobotany as an ecological discipline. Historical and recent approaches. Structure and function of plant communities. Species diversity. Measuring diversity. Island biogeography theory. Abiotic and biotic factors. Plant life-forms. Biodiversity gradients. Principles of population ecology. Species pattern in plant communities. Consequences to plant conservation. Dynamics of plant communities. Climax theory. Primary and secondary succession. Syntaxonomy, Zurich-Montpellier school. Vegetation classification. Analysis of vegetation data (Turboveg, Juice, etc.). Application of GIS in geobotany. Vegetation history, history of landscape types, habitats and vegetation types. Distribution of plant communities: Europe, Czech Republic, Northern Bohemia. Applied geobotany, vegetation mapping, application of geobotany in nature conservation and forestry.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Geobotany as an ecological discipline. Historical and recent approaches. Structure and function of plant communities. Species diversity. Measuring diversity. Island biogeography theory. Abiotic and biotic factors. Plant life-forms. Biodiversity gradients. Principles of population ecology. Species pattern in plant communities. Consequences to plant conservation. Dynamics of plant communities. Climax theory. Primary and secondary succession. Syntaxonomy, Zurich-Montpellier school. Vegetation classification. Analysis of vegetation data (Turboveg, Juice, etc.). Application of GIS in geobotany. Vegetation history, history of landscape types, habitats and vegetation types. Distribution of plant communities: Europe, Czech Republic, Northern Bohemia. Applied geobotany, vegetation mapping, application of geobotany in nature conservation and forestry.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
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Recommended literature
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Chytrý M. a kol. Vegetace České republiky. 1., 2. - Academia Praha 2009.
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Kovář P. Geobotanika. Úvod do ekologické botaniky. - Karolinum Praha 2002.
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Moravec J. a kol. Fytocenologie. (Nauka o vegetaci.) - Academia Praha 1994.
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Prach K. (2001). Úvod do vegetační ekologie (geobotaniky). Jihočeská univerzita, České Budějovice (scriptum)..
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Slavíková J. Ekologie rostlin. SPN. Praha: 366. 1986.
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