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Lecturer(s)
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Kundrata Robin, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Sources of data for zoogeography, animal distribution mapping methods, distribution maps and their interpretation. Patterns of distribution in various taxa. Abiotic and biotic determinants of distribution ranges and their borders. Dispersal and vicariance. Effects of glaciations and continental drift on distributions. Equilibrium theory of island biogeography. Phylogeography. Species diversity, human impact on animal distributions, biodiversity hotspots. Major attention paid on evolutionary and ecological mechanisms and tropical ecosystems.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Sources of data for zoogeography, animal distribution mapping methods, distribution maps
After attending the course student should be able to: - discuss the information from ecology, evolutionary biology, geography and systematic biology - explain the ecological dynamics behind current distribution of animals - describe the historical processes explaining current distributions - describe the human influences on organism distributions and implications for conservation biology - apply biogeographic explanations to novel problems of organism distribution
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Exam: written test with 5 questions, each for 2 pts if correctly answered (1 pt if partially correct). Exam marks: 9-10 pts. = A, 8 pts. = B, 7 pts. = C, 6 pts. = D, 5 pts. = E.
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Recommended literature
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Cox, C. D., Moore, P. D., Ladle, R. J. (2016). Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach. John Wiley & Sons.
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Lomolino M. V., Riddle B. R. & Whittaker R. J. (2017). Biogeography. Biological diversity across space and time. Fifth Edition.. Sinauer Associates Inc., MA, USA.
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Osborne P. L. (2012). Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press.
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Whitmore T. C. (2003). An introduction to tropical rain forests. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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