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Course Information

Bi6661 Field course of geobotany

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Lubomír Tichý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. David Zelený, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Ching-Feng Li (assistant)

Supervisor

Mgr. David Zelený, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology - Biology Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. David Zelený, Ph.D.

Prerequisites (v češtině)

( Bi2160 Field botanical excursion || B2160 Cvičení v terénu z botaniky || B2130 Cvičení v terénu z botaniky || Bi2130 Field course of system. botany || B4230 Terenní cvičení z botaniky || B2230 || Bi2230 Field course of botany )&&(! B6661 )

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
• Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Botany)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)

Course objectives

Intensive five-day course, taking place at the field station outside of Brno. The main aim is the introduction of basic skills and field methods used in vegetation ecology (recording phytosociological relevés, measuring and estimation of basic stand parameters, soil sampling and chemical analysis, microclimatic measurements, manipulative experiment, vegetation mapping). At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the most commonly used methods of field survey in vegetation ecology and should be able to apply individually at least some of them.

Syllabus

• 1) recording phytosociological relevés of selected vegetation types;
• 2) collecting data along transects, set up in topographically pronounced landscape (valley); data about vegetation, habitat and soil conditions, structure of canopy and microclimate will be collected;
• 3) sampling manipulative experiment, established in grassland vegetation;
• 4) vegetation mapping of selected areas;
• 5) entering data into Turboveg and Excell, examples of data analysis using JUICE and Gap light analyzer, presentation and discussion of results.

Literature

• MORAVEC, Jaroslav. Fytocenologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1994. 403 s. ISBN 80-200-0457-2. info

Teaching methods

class has a form of fielwork and consists of team data collection in the field, followed by data processing and analysis at the field station

Assessment methods

credit is conditioned by active participation at the course

Follow-Up Courses

• Bi7540 Data analysis in community ecology

Further comments (probably available only v češtině)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5D.

Teacher's information

http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/zeleny/geobotanika
Cvičení probíhá zpravidla v 2. polovině května nebo začátkem června na některé terénní základně mimo Brno (Mohelno, Pálava, případně jinde). Informace o přesném termínu, odjezdu a požadované výbavě jsou zveřejňovány asi s měsíčním předstihem na nástěnce a internetových stránkách Ústavu botaniky a zoologie.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, spring 2014.

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