PřF:B5080 Basics of ecology - Course Information

B5080 Basics of ecology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Jiří Unar, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Jiří Unar, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Světlana Zahrádková, Ph.D.

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

• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, M-BI)
• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, N-BI)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Paleontology)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology and Geology (programme PřF, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, M-SS)

Course objectives

Introduction, basic definitions and history, organisms and their environment, basic ecological factors, light and temperature, ecological importance of water, soil, air and edafic factors, organisms like an environment, general properties and dynamics of populations and communities, intra and interspecific interactions, spatio-temporal aspects of diversity, concept of ecological niche, biomes, ecosystems, biomass, productivity, energy and material flow, food chain, biochemical cycles, biosphere, ecosystems of central Europe, applied ecology, environmental pollution, biomonitoring and bioindication.

Literature

• BEGON, Michael, John L. HARPER and Colin R. TOWNSEND. Ekologie : jedinci, populace a společenstva. Translated by Bronislava Grygová - Barbara Köberleová - Zdeněk Brandl. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1997, xxiv, 949. ISBN 8070676957. info
• SLAVÍKOVÁ, Jiřina. Ekologie rostlin. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 366 s. info
• LOSOS, Bohumil. Ekologie živočichů. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 316 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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