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Lecturer(s)
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Riegert Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Veselý Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1) Skeleton and musculature 2) Locomotion 3) Feathers and thermoregulation 4) Diet 5) Vascular and breathing system 6) Caentral nervous system and senses 7) Reproduction and biorythms 8) Ontogeny 9) Communication 10) Populations 11) Excursion (e.g. Zoo)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
- Preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Learning evolution, morphology, anatomy, physiology, ecology, social and reproductive behaviour of birds.
Students will get knowledge on the basic avian body arrangement. They will also obtain the general information on physiological and population processes in birds.
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Prerequisites
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There is no prerequisity for this course
KZO/152
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
The participants will pass oral exam. The main empasis will be given to understanding the physiological and population processes in birds.
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Recommended literature
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Z. Veselovský: Obecná ornitologie, Academia Praha 2001.
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Marler, P. and Slabbekoorn, H. Nature's music: The Science of birdsong. Elsevier Academic Press, London., 2004.
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Starck, J.M. and Ricklefs, R.E. Avian growth and development. Evolution within altricial-precocial spectrum. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.
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