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Lecturer(s)
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Kuras Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Drozd Pavel
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Lojkásek Bohumír, doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Tuf Ivan Hadrián, doc. RNDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This is a 7-day field practise to the biologically and ecologically interesting parts of the Slovak Republic (mostly Eastern Carpathians PLA) with emphasis on interdisciplinary approach (botany, zoology, ecology, geomorphology, geology, climatology, landscape ecology, human impact). In addition to work on students own scienticif projects they will obtain practical field knowledge of botanical and zoological taxa, analysis of biota and ecological relationships in the environment of their occurrence.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils
- Excursion
- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the field practise is to learn practical applications of ecological measurement methods and manipulative experiments in the field. Groups of students will prepare projects and outline of methodology how to obtain necessary data. In addition to data collecting students will learn other methods of collection and determination of organisms. Later, the students will evaluate obtained data on the basis of the quantitative ecology and biostatistics and prepare a seminary work in the form of short article.
- students will get practical experiences in the preparation of experimental design - students will practice methods of data collection - students will be able to analyze and interpret their results in a form of "scientific paper"
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Prerequisites
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Fundamentals of ecology, biology; suitable liver tests.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio
Approximately 10 days before the field practise students have forwarded the drafts of their own original research projects with references to scientific papers dealing with the study field (based on scientific papaers). After field data collection, students transfer the project results to the form of a scientific paper.
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Recommended literature
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CRAWLEY M.J. (ED.). Plant Ecology. 1997, Blackwell Science, London..
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DROZD, P. Biostatistika. Elektronické skriptum. Ostravská univerzita, 2003, Ostrava.
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DROZD P. (ED.). Význam a využití nových ekologických poznatků pro ochranu přírody. 2004, Ostrava..
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JONGMAN R. H. G., TER BRAAK C. J. F. & VAN TONGEREN O. F. R. Data Analysis in Community and Landscape Ecology. 1995, Cambridge University Press..
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KREBS CH.J. Ecological Methodology. 1999, Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park..
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LOSOS B. Cvičení z ekologie živočichů. Skriptum, Přirodovědná fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1992, Brno.
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SOUTHWOOD T.R.E. & HENDERSON P. Ecological Methods. 2000, Blackwell Publishing Professional..
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