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Lecturer(s)
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Storch David, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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unspecified
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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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An introduction to the major concepts concerning macroscopic patterns and processes in biology. Following topics are considered: (1) landscape dynamics and population dynamics in a heterogeneous landscape, (2) macroecological patterns related to species abundance and distribution, (3) species diversity, and (4) large-scale time variability of populations, taxa and communities.
The lecture is focused on phenomena appearing in living nature on a large scale and ecological processes in these scales in progress. It is not just about spatial scales (from the level of communities and metapopulations through the level of landscape to the whole biogeographical province) or time (from several generations to changes in geological epochs), but also processes and phenomena involving large groups of organisms (taxa and biota), especially statistical laws organization and dynamics of nature on large scales and their causes.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
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Recommended literature
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Blackburn T.M., Gaston K.J. Macroecology: Concepts and consequences. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Brown J. H. Macroecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1995.
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Gaston K. J., Blackburn T. M. Pattern and Process in Macroecology. Blackwell Science, Oxford 2000.
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Magurran A. E., May R. M. Evolution of Biological Diversity. Oxford University Press 1999.
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Ricklefs R. E., Schluter D. Species Diversity in Ecological Communities: Historical and Geographical Perspectives. University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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Rosenzweig M. Species Diversity in Space and Time. Cambridge University Press 1995.
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Storch D., Marquet P.A., Brown J.H. Scaling biodiversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007.
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Storch D., Mihulka S. Úvod do současné ekologie.Portál, Praha 2000.
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