PřF:B8300 Foundations of palaeoecology - Course Information

B8300 Foundations of palaeoecology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Kamil Rybníček, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Kamil Rybníček, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Kamil Rybníček, CSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

B6540 Vegetation of Czech Republic

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

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

Syllabus

• Subject, methods and specializations of palaeoecology. Space and time in palaeoecology. Objects of palaeoecological studies (mires, lakes). Principals of macroscopic analyses. Principals of pollen analyses. Pollen morphology and pollen determinations. History of forest trees. Palaeovegetation and palaeoenvironment in the last 15000 years. Human impact on palaeovegetation. History of cultivated plants. Palaeoecological reconstructions in continental and global scales.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2000, recent)
  
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