Content of lectures: 1) Earth Planet - evolution of life on Earth, exogenous x endogenous processes, global tectonics, orogenesis (Cadomian, Caledonian, Hercynian, Alpine folding) 2) Basics of geology - processes of rock formation and transformation, main rock types: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic; brief overview of the Czech and the world regional geology 3) Basic geomorphology - main geomorphological factors, Davis geomorphological cycle, climatic geomorphology and implications for biota, climate morphogenetic regions of the Earth in relation to biogeography 4) Basics of climatology and bioclimatology - influence of climate on the distribution of plants and animals, climatic extremes, influence of climatic parameters on the main biological rhythms (annual, diurnal, lunar, tidal) 5) Basics of microclimatology - influence of local climate systems on biota: Anemo-Orographic systems, mountain circulation (summit effect, frost pockets, bora, fen), energy balance in the landscape, microclimate of forests, wetlands, steppes, urban areas 6) Basics of fluvial hydrology - rainfall-runoff regimes in the Czech Republic and worldwide, discharge measurements, influence of land-cover on runoff formation, extremes: floods and droughts 7) Basic limnology - stratification of lakes (especially temperature, oxygen), eutrophication; monomictic, dymictic, polymictic lakes 8) Basic oceanography - main ocean currents - recent risks (changes in temperature distribution, salinity changes), biodiversity, trophic level and temperature distribution in the oceans 9) Synthesis - complex influence of physical-geographic factors on biota 10) Use of geoinformatics in biology - GIS and remote sensing; basic principles, methods, data sources 11) Use of geoinformatics in biology - main solved tasks: assessment of spatial distribution of organisms (spatial interpolation of point data, habitat models) migration, distribution of organisms in space, temporal changes - time-series data processing 12) Regional and physical geography of the Czech Republic 13) Regional and physical geography of the world 14) Global problems: desertification, climate change, deforestation; examples of solutions (Africa - "Big green wall", London - "Green belt" and others)
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Darrel Hess & Dennis Tasa (2016): Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, Pearson, 593pp ISBN: 13: 9780134245546.
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John Widdowson, Rebecca Blackshaw, Meryl King. Simon Oakes, Sarah Wheeler, Michael Witherick (2016) Geography, Hodder Education, ISBN, 1471859932, 9781471859939.
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