Course: River landscape Ecosystem

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Course title River landscape Ecosystem
Course code EKO/ERKR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šarapatka Bořivoj, prof. Dr. Ing. CSc.
  • Měkotová Jarmila, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The river landscape definition. Main river landscape ecosystems, zones of river landscape, the ecological individuality of river landscapes, the river landscape functioning, human impact, the restoration and rehabilitation possibilities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The course aims at presenting actual information and procedures from the branch. Major approaches, conceptual and theoretical topics are listed in syllabus.
Knowledge Define the river landscape as a specific type of landscape. Describe main principles of river landscape functioning; explain principles of river landscape ecological continuum.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Colloquium: Knowledge ranked the delivered lectures according selected topics, orientation in recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • Malanson, G.P. (1993). Riparian landscapes. Cambridge University Press. Great Britain, 227 pp.
  • Měkotová, J., Štěrba, O. (Eds.). Říční krajina, sborníky z konference Olomouc 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007, 2009.
  • Štěrba, O., a kol. (2008). Říční krajina a její ekosystémy. Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého Olomouc. Olomouc.


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