FSS:ENSb1123 General Ecology - Course Information
ENSb1123 General Ecology and Landscape Ecology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Mojmír Vlašín (lecturer)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Müllerová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 18:00–19:40 P24a
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! ENS123 General ecology &&!NOW( ENS123 General ecology )&&(( ENSb1116 Zoological Review || ENS116 Zoological Review ) && ( ENSb1118 Botanical Review || ENS118 Botanical Review ))
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-ENV) (5)
- Course objectives
- Through the crosscut to relevant disciplines - ecology, synecology, population ecology, evolutionary ecology, ethology – special attention is paied to practical aspects of nature and species conservation.The main objective of the course is to guide students to the understanding of eco- and biologigal aspects in the landscape. The concept of territorial systems of ecological stability and landscape character protection; principles and forms of management of protected areas; and ecosystem management by agricultural and foresty practices.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the subject, the student will be able to look at the landscape from a bird's eye view and assess its transformations over time. In the essay, he compares the historical (natural) landscape with the present one and places all parts of it into the biotopes he considers from the viewpoint of ecological stability. Students learn how to analyze their surroundings from the point of view of importance for preserving biodiversity and find out how the state administration authority can help the countryside through green infrastructure creating and maintaining.
- Syllabus
- Definitions - ecology, landscape ecology, landscape ecology as a discpline of science.
- Ecological paradigmas in landscape ecology, its transdisciplinary character.
- Landscape - definition, classification, functions, dimensions.
- Landscape as structured space.
- Movement and landscape, gene flows, dynamics, biocorridors, webs, matrix.
- Ecotones and territorial systems of ecological stability.
- Biodiversity in heterogenic landscapes.
- Fragmentation, metapopulation dynamics.
- Landscape planning, urban ecology.
- Landscape character, anthropic impact on landscape, bioindication.
- Management of protected areas.
- Agricultural management of protected areas.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- KOVÁŘ, Pavel. Ekosystémová a krajinná ekologie : (textové teze). 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2008, 89 s. ISBN 9788024615073. info
- DOLNÝ, Aleš. Ekologie 1. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2005, 162 s. ISBN 8073680882. info
- ULČÁK, Zbyněk. Ochrana přírody a krajiny v interakci s využíváním chráněných území k zemědělskému hospodaření a rekreaci. In DOLNÝ, Aleš and A KOL. Moderní trendy v ochraně přírody a krajiny. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2004, p. 30-39. info
- FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is based on lectures and individual seminary work.
- Assessment methods
- Written examination. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test are be published in the section “Study materials
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Podmínka absolvování kurzů ENSb1116/ENS116 Zoologický přehled a ENSb1118/ENS118 Botanický přehled není povinná pro studium v rámci Studijního plánu vedlejšího. Studenti se Studijním plánem vedlejším si žádají o výjimku k zápisu kurzu ENSb1123.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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