Ze2BP_PBS6 Soil Geography and Biogeography - Excercises

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The theoretical knowledge about rocks, soils and vegetation, and practical ability to identify them in the terrain are preconditions for the participation in the education of this subject.
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
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is an improvement of practical abilities necessary for identification, description and mapping of soils and biota. Students can get a capability to indicate many other environment parameters using soils and biota. They will be able to employ school pupils with soil and biogeography as subjects important for the life. Students recognize the basic soil types and kinds in the Czech Republic, the key plant and animal species prepresenting biogeograhical regions.
Syllabus
  • Subject contents:
  • 1. Main soil individuals of Czech Republic – principles of identification, soil profile drawing.
  • 2. Soil cover of the landscape – compilation of a soil map in the residence neighbourhood.
  • 3. Field work – soil profile dubbing, soil features identification.
  • 4. Vegetation vertical and horizontal zonality.
  • 5. Principles of biogeographic mapping – making biogeographic map of the residence neighbourhood.
  • 6. Field work – identification of vegetation communities and formations.
  • 7. Soil and vegetation supported indication of environmental features in terrain – „open book of the past and present landscape“.
Literature
  • půdní mapa ČR na internetu
  • CULEK, Martin, Vít GRULICH and Dalibor POVOLNÝ. Biogeografické členění České republiky (Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic). Praha: Enigma, 1996, 347 pp. 1. ISBN 80-85368-80-3. info
  • TOMÁŠEK, Milan. Půdy České republiky. 3. vyd. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2003, 67 s., [41. ISBN 80-7075-607-1. info
Teaching methods
practical exercises
Assessment methods
The education runs both in the class room and during individual work of the student. The task of the subject is represented by the construction of the soil map of the student home area and drawing soil cross sections of typical soil taxons in CR. After these results are delivered, credits are submitted.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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