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Lecturer(s)
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Říčan Oldřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: (1.) What is biogeography. Founders of biogeography. History of biogeography. (2-3.) Geological foundation of biogeography. (4.) Climatic foundation of biogeography. Zonation of biodiversity. Biomes and Ecoregions. (5.) History of biomes and climates on the planet. Ecological biogeography. (6.) Biogeography of the Quaternary. Large Quaternary extinctions. Incomplete and artificial distributions and human causes. Biodiversity in peril, deep fragmentation of distributions. (7-11.) Biogeography in each of the main Zoogeographical regions from the Cretaceous to the present. Individual lectures show patterns and changes of distribution and biodiversity including fossil faunas, large extinctions, effects of changes in climate, biomes, sea levels, glaciations etc. on biogeography, historical biogeography. (12-14) Analytical biogeography: Areogegraphy, Regional biogeography, Island biogeography, Phylogeography (history and formation of species) etc. Methods of historical biogeography: Areals, dispersal and vicariance, Panbiogeography, Area cladograms, Phylogenetic biogeography, Cladistic biogeography, Event-based methods, comparison of methods, Molecular biogeography.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Preparation for exam
- 62 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 18 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 10 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Students will become familiar with a comprehensive synthesis of animal biogeographic patterns, processes and case studies.
Students will become familiar with a comprehensive synthesis of animal biogeographic patterns, processes and case studies.
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Prerequisites
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no prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
to achieve a min. 60 % of correctly answered questions
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Recommended literature
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Avise J. C. 2000. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species..
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Corlett R. T. a Primack R. B. 2011. Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison..
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Cox C. B. a Moore P. D. 2010. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach..
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Crisci J. V. a kol. 2003. Historical Biogeography: An Introduction..
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Frisch W. a kol. 2010. Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building..
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Kearey P. a kol. 2009. Global Tectonics..
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Lomolino M. W. a kol. 2010. Biogeography..
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Morrone J. J. 2008. Evolutionary Biogeography: An Integrative Approach with Case Studies..
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