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Lecturer(s)
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Burda Hynek, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Šumbera Radim, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Concept and contents of sensory ecology; J. v. Uexkül a concept of sensory environment; physical, trophic a informational interactions, information, signal, cue, stimulus, sensation, sensor, receptor, communication, orientation in time and space. Somatosensory perception and mechanoreception (proprioception, kinaesthesia, touch), perception of vibrations, position, gravitation, acceleration, hearing, vision, thermoreception, elektroreception, magentoreception, olfaction a taste. How to find and recognise food, partner, home? Content of practices:
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Individual preparation for exam
- Preparation for exam
- 50 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Learning of the principles and the role of the flow, transition and acquiring of information and sensory perception in ecology and evolution of vertebrates (incl. humans). Pointing out why it is necessary to include the analysis of senses into ethological and ecological studies. Learning physical, ecological and morphological factors determining which signals may transmit information in a given environment, given context and which may be relevant for a given species.
The graduate is capable to orient in the complex of sensory ecology and to apply the gained knowledge, concepts and methodology of this discipline in own research. Through gaining insight into the given discipline, the graduate's capability to inter- and multidisciplinary analytic and synthetic reasoning increases.
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Prerequisites
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no requirements
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
assessed 50% in written exam
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Recommended literature
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Dusenbery, D. B.: Sensory ecology. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1992.
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Relevantní kapitoly v učebnicích anatomie a fyziologie člověka a živočichů, etologie a zoologie, jakož i statě v odborném písemnictví, jež budou specifikovány v průběhu přednášky.
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Birkhead T. Ptačí smysl. 2020.
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Dusenbery, D. B. Sensory ecology. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. 2010.
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Petr J. Desatero smyslů. 2021.
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