Course: Biogeography

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Course title Biogeography
Course code KGG/BIOGE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pavelková Renata, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course deals with following issues: characteristic of biosphere; regularities and causes of distribution of organisms on the Earth; relations in geobiocenosis, ecological factors and conditions of the environment; biogeographic characteristic of geobiocycles; biogeographic characteristic of geobioms; cartographic representation of biota; biogeography of the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Attendace - 30 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will adopt fundamentals of Biogeography.
Recall biogeographic terms and concepts.
Prerequisites
Knowledge within the scope of compulsory subjects that precede this subject in the study plan.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
Recommended literature
  • Culek, M. (1996). Biogeografické členění České republiky. Praha: Engima.
  • Hendrych, R. (1984). Fytogeografie. Praha: SPN.
  • Horník, S. (1994). Biogeografická diferenciace krajiny v geobiocenologickém pojetí. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Horník, S., Buzek. L. et al. (1986). Fyzická geografie II. Praha: SPN.
  • Huggett, R. J. (1995). Geoecology : An Evolutionary Approach. London: Routledge.
  • Opatrný, E. (1999). Zoogeografie. Olomouc: Vydavatelství UP.
  • Rychnovská, M. (1997). Ekologie : jedinci, populace, společenstva. Olomouc: Vydavatelství UP.
  • Sádlo, J., Štorch, S. (2000). Biologie krajiny - biotopy České republiky. Praha: Vesmír.


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