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Lecturer(s)
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Štech Milan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1. Land plants and vascular plants origin, sister groups, land colonisation. 2.-3. Main devonian and carboniferous groups, evolutionary novelties of these periods. First forests. 4.-5. Success and diversity of seed plants. 6. Origin of angiosperm. 7. Angiosperms diversity from Tertiary to present. 8. Plant extinctions 9.-12. Microevolution and speciation, radiation events, convergent and parallel evolution
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Preparation for classes
- 12 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 40 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Give an overview of vascular plant phylogeny in context of past environmental conditions. Understanding of microevolutionary and speciation processes important for vascular plants.ar approaches.
Students will gain knowledge of microevolutionary processes and speciation mechamisms of vascular plants. Key evolutionary events in plant phylogeny will be presented.
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Prerequisites
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Courses KBO/138 and KBO/139 or course KBO/132
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Tratment of given topic. Presentation.
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Recommended literature
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Briggs D. & Walters S. M. Plant Variation and Evolution, 4th ed.. Cambridge, 2016.
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Kvaček Z. et al. Základy systematické paleontologie I.. Praha, 2000.
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Soltis D. S., Soltis P. S., Endress P. K. & Chase M. W. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms. 2nd. The University of Chicago Press Books.
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Taylor T. N., Taylor E. L. & Krings M. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, 2nd. ed.. Elsevier, 2009.
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Willis, K. J. & McElwain J. C. The Evolution of Plants, 2nd ed.. Oxford, 2013.
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