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Lecturer(s)
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Kučera Tomáš, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Pechar Libor, doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Course content
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1) Types of spatial data in landscape ecology (I), basic parameters, their availability, visualization.2) Main operations with spatial data, data classification, detection of temporal changes, trends.3) Hierarchy of processes in landscape ecology, "scaling", spatial relationships.4) Relief - Digital terrain models, their properties and derived parameters. 5) Landscape energetics, influence of land use and vegetation on solar energy dissipation, thermal data. 6) Climate data: climate evolution and change, global available databases. 7) Hydrological data: hydrological models of runoff and water retention in the landscape. 8) Pedological data, available databases, derived parameters - risk of soil vulnerability to erosion. 9) Vegetation as an integral manifestation of environmental conditions. 10) Data synthesis, Comprehensive landscape model, spatial-relationship analysis. 11) Typology of the landscape of the Czech Republic (natural and cultural landscapes) and its structure (physical-geographical spheres, biodiversity, development of parcelization). 12) Prehistoric and historical development of landscape structure (settlement development, cultural landscape). 13) Transformation of the Central European landscape over the last 100 years and forecast of future development. 14) Landscape and its functions (ecological, cultural, social, economic). 15) Landscape protection: landscape character assessment. 24) Restoration and rehabilitation of disturbed landscapes, landscape creation. 17) Landscape and tourism (natural and cultural attractions in the region). 18) Landscape protection and/or nature conservation? 19) Spatial planning documentation and legislation aimed at landscape protection and planning. 20) Scenario study of future landscape development.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Practical training
- Preparation for classes
- 70 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 30 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 80 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the definition of the field of landscape ecology, its main principles and methods.
Compared to similarly focused courses at bachelor's and master's level, a graduate of a doctoral course has knowledge that goes more in depth in selected topics and covers more complex and broader aspects of the subject.
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Prerequisites
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Students' ability to independently study professional and scientific literature on the topic, discuss it and integrate the information into the context of their own research
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Student performance assessment
This course does not take the form of a block course, it is taught in the mode of lectures and exercises for full-time and combined students. Participation in the excursion is mandatory. The student demonstrates mastery of the methodology of mapping revisions of a selected area and defends it before the colloquium.
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Recommended literature
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Beck, Travis. Principles of ecological landscape design. Washington : Island Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-59726-702-1.
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Kolejka J. Krajina Česka a Slovenska v současném výzkumu. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 2011.
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Lambin E. F., Geist H. J. ): Land/use and land/cover change. Local processes and global impacts. Springer, NY, 2006.
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Niemelä, Jari; Breuste, Jürgen,; Elmqvist, Thomas,; Guntenspergen, Glenn R.; James, Philip; McIntyre, Nancy E. Urban ecology : patterns, processes, and applications. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-964395-0.
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