546-0318/03 – Zoology (ZOO)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Terrain work
Summary
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Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
MADDISON, D. et al. Tree of Life web project [online]. c1995-2005 [cit. 2005-09-21]. Dostupné z: .
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Characteristics of zoology as a science. Systematic zoology. Basic systematic categories. Binomial nomenclature. Biological species.
2. Legislative protection of animals in the Czech Republic. Bioindication, bioindicator, biomonitoring.
3. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of phylum Porifera, phylum Cnidaria and phylum Platyhelminthes.
4. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, study methods and bioindicative significance of phylum Mollusca and phylum Annelida.
5. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the subfamily Chelicerata and Crustacea.
6. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the subphylum Myriapoda and selected classes of the subphylum Hexapoda - classes Protura, Diplura and Collembola.
7. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of orders from the class Insecta - Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Psocoptera, Anoplura, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Diptera, Siphonaptera and Hymenoptera.
8. Characteristics, taxonomy classification and bioindicative significance of classes Petromyzontes and Osteichthyes.
9. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the class Amphibia.
10. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the class Reptilia.
11. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the class Aves.
12. Characteristics, taxonomy classification, methods of study and bioindicative significance of the class Mammalia.
13. Characteristics of the fauna of the Czech Republic and its position within Europe. Characteristics and important representatives of animals selected types of the environment of the Czech Republic, including man-made habitats.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction