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Lecturer(s)
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Kuras Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Mazalová Monika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to the study of ecology: basic terms, definitions and methods, proximate and ultimate causation. Ecological factors and sources. Environment and organisms, adaptations, evolution, convergence, divergence, speciation. Population, dynamics of populations, interactions of populations with environmental factors. Community, interactions between species, food webs, species richness, diversity, ecological stability. Ecosystems, flows of energy and nutrient cycling, biotic and abiotic components, functional processes, ecological mechanisms, trophic interactions, productivity, decomposition. Actual problems in environmental and conservation ecology.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Projection (static, dynamic)
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Learning outcomes
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Introduction to the study of ecology: basic terms, definitions and methods, proximate and ultimate causation. Ecological factors and sources. Environment and organisms, adaptations, evolution, convergence, divergence, speciation. Population, dynamics of populations, interactions of populations with environmental factors. Community, interactions between species, food webs, species richness, diversity, ecological stability. Ecosystems, flows of energy and nutrient cycling, biotic and abiotic components, functional processes, ecological mechanisms, trophic interactions, productivity, decomposition. Actual problems in environmental and conservation ecology.
Knowledge Identify basic ecological conceptions, and the terms like trade-off, life-history, population, community & ecosystem Describe the population and community structure and the basic components of ecosystem Explain the principles of population growth and ecosystem succesion
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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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., Townsend, C.R. (1997). Ekologie: jedinci, populace a společenstva. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého.
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Laštůvka, Z., Krejčová, P. Základy ekologie,BRNO, 2000,184 s..
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Storch, D., Mihulka, S. Úvod do současné ekologie.
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