Course: Ecology and Environmental Protection seminar

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Course title Ecology and Environmental Protection seminar
Course code KBE/410
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Choma Michal, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Boukal David, prof. Ing. MgA. Ph.D.
  • Jersáková Jana, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Konvička Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lepš Jan, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Řehounková Klára, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Říčan Oldřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sam Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vrba Jaroslav, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Blažek Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Janečková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kolář Vojtěch, RNDr. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Janíková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Müllerová Anna, Mgr.
  • Šebelíková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Švancárová Tereza, Mgr.
  • Vítovcová Kamila, RNDr.
Course content
Content of tutorials/seminar: 1. Basic ecological principles I 2. Basic ecological principles II 3. Data collection techniques 4. Biogeography 5. Development of communities in space and time 6. Functions of ecosystems I 7. Functions of ecosystems II 8. Aquatic ecosystems 9. Ecosystem management and restoration ecology 10. Ecological interactions I 11. Ecological interactions II 12. Loss of biodiversity, changes in landscape use 13. Global climate change

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The seminar complements the lecture course Ecology and Environmental Protection by illustrating its topics with specific examples. The aim of the seminar, which is taught in parallel with the courses Cell Biology and Genetics, Biology of the Organism, Evolutionary Biology and Phylogeny, and Ecology and Environmental Protection and corresponding seminars, is to understand the connetions of individual biological phenomena at the level of molecules, organisms, species and ecosystems.

Prerequisites
Highschool level biology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
a combination of active participation in discussion seminars, seminar work or presentations
Recommended literature
  • Begon M., Harper J. L., Townsend C. R. (2010): Základy ekologie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • Bejček V., Šťastný K. a kol. (2001): Metody studia ekosystémů (Skriptum). Praha: LF ČZU.


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