Course: Animal Behaviour and Ethology

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Course title Animal Behaviour and Ethology
Course code KBI/P110
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jozífková Eva, doc. RNDr. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
A course is focused on the scientific study of animal sensation, perception, cognition, behaviour, and behavioural interactions within and outside the species. Includes instruction in ethology, behavioural evolution, cognition and sensory perception, motivators, learning and instinct , functional behaviour and applications to specific behaviours and patterns as well as to specific phyla and species. The course is open to undergraduate students having successfully completed Invertebrate Zoology as well as Vertebrate Zoology.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Texty ve studijních oporách k tomuto předmětu. .
  • Alcock J. Animal behavior. 10th edition. PalgravreMacmillan, 2013..
  • Barrett L., Dunbar R., Lycett J. Evoluční Psychologie Člověka. Praha: Portál 2007.
  • Davies N.B., Krebs J.R. An intorduction to behavioral Ecology (4 th edition) Behavioural Ecology An Evolutionary Approach. Willey-Blackwell, 2012..
  • Dawkins M.S. Observing animal behaviour. Design and analysis of quantitative data. Oxford University Press, 2009..
  • Flegr J. Evoluční biologie Academia, Praha 2009.
  • Franck D. Etologie. UK Praha 1996..
  • Lorenz K. Základy etologie. Srovnávací výzkum chování. Academia Praha 1993..
  • Manning A., Dawkins M. S. An introduction to animal behaviour. 6th etidion Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012..
  • Miklosi A. Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition. Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Špinka M., Havlíček J., Štolhoferová I., Frynta D. Etologie. Mechanismy, ontogeneze, funkce a evoluce chování živočichů. Academia. 2024.
  • Veselovský Z. Etologie. Biologie chování zvířat. Academia Praha 2005..
  • Wilson E.O. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. 25 th Anniversary Edition Harvard University Press, 2000..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Teaching of Biology for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter