546-0646/02 – Landscape Ecology (KrEkoB)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2008/2009Year of cancellation2023/2024
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

Based terms and notions, current trends in landscape management, inclusive of environmental legislation. The aim is to characterize the landscape as phenomena, to identify and to know problems of land use, to introduce students to landscape research and investigative methods and their application.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Terrain work

Summary

Landscape ecology. Landscape ecology is treated as a dynamic interdisciplinary field based on functioning of ecosystem principles.Processes and dynamics in landscape, Typology and regionalization, Stability, Human perception, landscape typology, data visualisation, island biogeography, urban ecology, ecological stability, landscape planning, International Association of Landscape Ecology and schools in the field, sustainable development and other issues create the body of this course.

Compulsory literature:

Farina A., 1998: Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology. Chapman & Hall, London.

Recommended literature:

NAVEH, Z., LIEBRMANN, A.S., 1990 Landscape Ecology Theory and Aplication. New York, 1990. ISBN 0-387-97169-6 PEDROLI B., A. VAN DOORN, G. DE BLUST, PARACCHINI M.L., WASCHER D., BUNCE F.,2007 Europe´s living landscapes. KNNV Publishing, Zeist, p. 432

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit and Exam Examination papers, determination of wood species (in growing season)

E-learning

Other requirements

the knowledge of shrubs and trees species and their use elaboration of reclamation proposal

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Landscape, landscape type, landscape component, landscape element, landscape segment - definition and meaning. Basic principles of landscape ecology. 2. Landscape typology, criteria for landscape typology, typology according to the intensity of human intervention in the landscape, according to the method of use and according to geomorphological properties. 3. Ecological systems in the landscape, concept of ecosystem, ecotope, biocenosis. Landscape structure, methods of arrangement in landscapes. 4. Enclave - origin, size, significance of the shape of the enclave, marginal effect, species diversity of the enclave. Islands in the landscape - origin, function and significance. 5. Corridors - origin, function, types, corridors around watercourses, draws and boundaries. Matrix - determination, essence, heterogeneity of the landscape matrix. 6. Dynamics of the landscape - origin and development of the landscape, natural processes. Landscape development, socio-economic factors of landscape development, anthropogenic influences on individual landscape components (soil, vegetation, fauna, climate, etc.). 7. Gradient of landscape modifications - natural to urban landscape. Stability and instability in the landscape. 8. Greenery in the landscape - forest and non-forest. Production and non-production functions of greenery in the landscape. 9. ÚSES. Landscape. Sustainable Development. Land improvements. 10. Carrying capacity of the landscape. Ecological characteristics of degraded areas (industry, urbanization). 11. Landscape restoration – landscape restoration technology according to the type of devastation. Landscape restoration methods, 12. Selected legal norms in the field of landscape care. 13. Basics of dendrology, including the determination of tree species.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2012/2013 Winter semester, validity until: 2023/2024 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) 17 3
                Other task type Other task type 33  17 3
        Examination Examination 67 (67) 34 3
                Written examination Written examination 30  15 3
                Oral Oral examination 37  19 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Attendance at seminars, Completion of ongoing tasks. Passing the final test.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Compensation for mandatory participation in the ISP will be handled in the form of individual professional consultations. Exercises are mandatory. The course is completed by written and oral examination.

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Occurrence in study plans

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2023/2024 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2008/2009 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R005) Environmental Engineering P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan

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