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Lecturer(s)
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Kuras Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Tkadlec Emil, prof. MVDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Essential statistical methods for community analysis (ordination, gradient analysis, classification). Biodiversity (local, regional and global biodiversity, spatial heterogeneity, biodiversity gradients, role of disturbance in community, S-A relationship, theory of island biogeography, Rapoport`s rule, macroecological patterns). Stability of communities (connectance, resilience, resistence, conventional attitude). Ecosystems (concepts, primary & secondary production, nutrient cycling, energy flow, food chains and webs). Nutrient cycles (N, C, S, P, H2O, monitoring methods, human impact on cycles).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Projection (static, dynamic)
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Actual trends in community ecology, terminology, change of ecology paradigms. Biological complexity. The nature of communities (concepts, community boundaries, key-stone species, dominants, Gaia hypothesis). Community structure (diversity, species richness, diversity indexes, model of species-abundance relations, communities in space and time, models of succession, climax state, theoretical nonequilibrium models, conceptual models of community organisation). Essential statistical methods for community analysis (ordination, gradient analysis, classification). Biodiversity (local, regional and global biodiversity, spatial heterogeneity, biodiversity gradients, role of disturbance in community, S-A relationship, theory of island biogeography, Rapoport`s rule, macroecological patterns). Stability of communities (connectance, resilience, resistence, conventional attitude). Ecosystems (concepts, primary & secondary production, nutrient cycling, energy flow, food chains and webs). Nutrient cycles (N, C, S, P, H2O, monitoring methods, human impact on cycles).
Knowledge Define basic conceptions of community & ecosystem Describe the community structure and the basic components of ecosystem Identify ecosystem succesion and community evolution
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Prerequisites
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Basic of ecology, biology and statistics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam, Written exam
Exam - good knowledge and orientation in modern theory of life histories on selected subjects
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Recommended literature
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Begon M., Harper J.L., Towsend C.R. (1996). Ecology, Individuals, Populations and Communities. 3rd ed., Blackwel Science, Oxford.
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Begon M, Townsend C, Harper JL. (2005). Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th ed.. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing.
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