Lectures will focus on the following topics : sense organs and behavior of selected groups of animals ( Cnidaria, Ctenophora , Platyhelminthes, Gastrotricha , Rotatoria , Annelida , Crustacea, Chelicerata , Insecta, Mollusca) . Chemoreceptors , chemical stimuli , such as impulse for " searching bahaviour". Sensory structures, mechanoreceptors, types of chemoreceptors, eyes, setae. Sense Organs and control flying insects. Behavior associated with obtaining food ( Platyhelminthes, Crustacea, Onychophora , Tardigrada , Diplopoda , Arachnida , Insecta ). Behavior associated with reproduction : Courtship , mating and stimulation, copulation, sperm transfer forms . Agonistic behavior .. Nuptial gifts and their meaning. Sexual cannibalism and its forms by arthropods . Parental care, egg laying ( Chilopoda , Arachnida , Insecta ), parental care ( Crustacea, Chilopoda , Arachnida , Insecta ). Cocoons and their role. Defensive behavior. Protective coloration. Mimicry.
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Barth F.G. A Spider´s World - Senses and Behavior. Springer 2001.
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Doporučená periodika (zdroje pro seminární práce): Animal Behaviour. Academic Press. Elsevier Science. Acta Ethologica. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobioloy. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. Behavioral Ecology. Oxford University Press. Animal Cognition, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. Behaviour, Brill Academic Publishers. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution, Universita degli Studi di Firenze. Journal of Ethology, Springer Japan..
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McGavin G.C. Essential Entomology. Oxford University Press 2003.
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Preston-Mafham R. and Preston-Mafham K. The encyclopedia of land invertebrate behaviour. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1993.
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Balsamo M. et. al. Ecology and ethology of protozoans and invertebrates. Italian Journal of Zoology 53 (4). Taylor & Francis, 1981 str. 75 - 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250008609355543.
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Dawkins M.S. Animal Behaviour. Design and analysis of quantitative data. Oxford University Press 2007.
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Komárek S. Mimikry, aposematismus a příbuzné jevy. Dokořán 2004.
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Sanderson E. D., C.F. Jackson, C. Fuchs. Entomology. Insect Life and Behavior. Research & Education Association 2001. 350 s..
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Tait N.N. and D.A. Briscoe. Sexual head structures in the Onychophora: unique modifications for sperm transfer. Journal of Natural History, 24:1517-1527, 1990.
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