546-0518/01 – Ecology of Plants and Animals (EkoRZB)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2008/2009Year of cancellation2022/2023
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
STA35 doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
KRE71 Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 12+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Basic terms and introduction into plant and animal ecology; dramatise of photosynthesis in relation to environmental factors; influence of basic environmental factors (water, temperature, pH, nutrients, etc.) on animals and plants; adaptation organisms for environment; ecology of (sexual and asexual) reproduction.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Terrain work

Summary

Basic terms and introduction into animal and plant ecology; photosynthesis in relation to environmental factors; influence of basic environmental factors (water, temperature, pH, nutrients, etc.) on plants and animals; adaptation of organisms for environment; growth and ontogenesis; population ecology; plant and animals communities; ecology of (sexual and asexual) reproduction.

Compulsory literature:

BEGON M, TOWNSEND C, HARPER JL. Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th ed.. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing., 2005. CRAWLEY M. J. Plant ecology. Blackwell Science Ltd, London., 1997. RICKLEFS RE, MILLER GL. Ecology. 4th ed.. New York: W.H. Freemean and Copany., 2000.

Recommended literature:

BOWMANN W. D., SEASTEDT T. (ED.) Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford. Univ. Press, New York., 2001.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit and Exam examination papers, determination of flora CR.

E-learning

Other requirements

examination papers, determination of flora CR.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Temperature as an ecological factor, adaptation of animals. Light as ecological factor, animal adaptation. Humidity as an ecological factor, adaptation of animals. Atmospheric pressure and air flow as an ecological factor, adaptation of animals. 2. Water as an ecological factor. Living conditions in stagnant waters. Conditions life in running waters. Ecological factors of peatlands. Ecological factors periodic waters and saline waters. 3. Soil as an environment. 4. Food. Classification of adaptations - physiological, morphological and ethological adaptations. Intraspecific relationships. 5. Animal migration. Interspecies relations. Animal communities. Quantitative signs of zoocenoses. Structural and relational features of zoocenoses. 6. Reproduction, oestrus, reproductive types, reproductive cycles in mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Growth and development of young in mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. 7. Radiation, modification of solar radiation and adaptation of plants to radiation. Thermal balance, plant temperature and adaptation of plants to temperatures. Influence of atmospheric composition on plants. 8. Habitat water balance, absorption, transpiration and water balance of plants. Drought resistance of plants, specific survival time. Water as life plant environment, adaptation of plants to the aquatic environment. 9. Importance of plants for soil formation, influence of relief and plants on pedogenetic processes. Dependence of plants on soil chemistry. 10. Photosynthetic capacity of plants, coefficient of photosynthesis efficiency, dependence pure photosynthesis in light and heat. Plant growth analysis, its importance and application. 11. Plant population - definition, characteristics, population distribution. Demography plants. Population structure. Mutual relations between individuals and plant populations. Plant population strategies. 12. Ecology of plant community - definition, delimitation. Horizontal and vertical structure of the plant community. Plant stability communities, zonal, azonal and extrazonal vegetation. 13. Analysis of community structure, life forms of plants. Potential vegetation, natural, close to nature, reconstructed natural, natural. 14. Changes in the structure of the plant community over time. Ecological succession of plants, primary and secondary succession, principles and importance in the ecosystem. Basics of phytocoenology. Invasive and expansion species of plants, significance.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 1960/1961 Summer semester, validity until: 2012/2013 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51 3
        Exercises evaluation Credit 33 (33) 0 3
                Other task type Other task type 33  0 3
        Examination Examination 67 (67) 0 3
                Written examination Written examination 30  0 3
                Oral Oral examination 37  0 3
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