Course: Vegetation Science

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Course title Vegetation Science
Course code BOT/PGSVV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 20
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krahulec František, prof. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Within the field of vegetation science it is necessary to concentrate postgraduate students on the following aspects: i) formulation of hypotheses and their testing with respect that only smaller part of them might be experimentally tested; ii) the use of different multivariate techniques for the large data sets; iii) understanding of processes a patterns found on different spatial and temporal scales, possibilities of extrapolations etc., iv) understanding of new trends in the vegetation classification and formation of individual classification systems based on different criteria.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
PhD exam
Knowledge, abilities and skills of students are in the range of examined topics.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

PhD Exam
Recommended literature
  • Legendre P., Legendre L. (1998). Numerical ecology.- Elsevier..
  • van der Maarel E. (2005). Vegetation ecology.- Blackwell Publ..


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