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Lecturer(s)
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Kouba Antonín, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Gebauer Radek, Ing. Ph.D.
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Buřič Miloš, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The ever-increasing level of international trade, travel and transportation has led to a massive exchange of plant and animal taxa worldwide, with the number of introduced species gradually increasing in new areas. Nowadays, biological invasions (BI) are seen as one of the greatest global threats affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The costs related to eradicating invasive species and mitigating their impacts are overwhelming. Knowledge of this issue is a prerequisite to understand the functioning of changing freshwater communities and predicting these changes. The main topics of the course are: 1) the history, terminology and significance of BI 2) theories and hypotheses of BI will be put into the context of animal 3) theories and hypotheses of BI will be put into the context of plant invasions 4) including the issue of emerging infectious diseases 5) social perception 6) introduction pathways 7) distribution patterns 8) impacts and management of BI 9) tools of risk assessment and ecological modelling 10) a series of prominent invaders related to freshwater ecosystems will be presented Study materials are updated annually and are freely available to enrolled students on the website https://elearning.jcu.cz (Moodle).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), E-learning, Individual preparation for exam, Excursion, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies), Individual tutoring
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the issue of biological invasions in freshwater ecosystems.
A successful graduate of the course will acquire basic knowledge related to the causes, processes, impacts and management of non-native species in freshwater ecosystems.
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Prerequisites
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The course has no prerequisites. The recommended prerequisite for successfully mastering the subject is completion of the Ecology course.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Oral exam; further requirements: elaboration and presentation of seminar work on selected invasive species followed by common discussion.
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Recommended literature
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Francis, Robert A. A handbook of global freshwater invasive species. First published. London ; New York : Earthscan, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84971-228-6.
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Simberloff, Daniel. Invasive species : what everyone needs to know. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-992201-7.
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Simberloff, Daniel,; Rejmánek, Marcel. Encyclopedia of biological invasions. Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-26421-2.
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