C5980 Statistical Evaluation of Biodiversity

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Knowledge on basic unidimensional exploratory statistical techniques, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, simple regression.
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
Syllabus
  • Dual concept in the evaluation of biodivrsity. Functional, genetic, structural and taxonomic biodiversity.
  • Biodiversity in data, biodiversity in scientific graphs.
  • Biodiversity indices. Species richness, heterogeneity of abundance distribution within different biological communities.
  • Evenness. Confidence limits for various diversity measures, approximation of min/max values.
  • Rarefaction. Numerical realization of rarefaction curves and associated variability. Cumulative species-abundance curves, Q-statistics.
  • Species abundance stochastic models: types, evaluation, fitting, graphical patterns.
  • Niche-oriented species abundance modelling. Computer assissted simulation in the evaluation of biodiversity.
  • Bootstrap and jackknife techniques. Parametric and non-parametric evaluation of biodiversity comparison. Biodiversity data in multivariate analyses.
  • Fractionation of biological communities and biodiversity analyses of the segments.
  • Markov chains in the evaluation of time-related biodiversity data. Case studies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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