546-0825/03 – Applied Ecology (AE)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The goal is to understand the consequences of human activities on the environment, learning the basic problem areas, opportunities and approaches for successful and responsive solutions to anthropic activities in the landscape.
Syllabus:
Definition of Applied Ecology, basic terminology. Ecosystem, community, metacommunity; recovery. Biodiversity. Succession and importance for restoration. Disturbance and succession, ecotones. The influence and importance of biotic and abiotic factors on the environment (self-regulation, regeneration, self-cleaning, etc.). Fundamentals of regional biogeography, to reinstate the territory. Fundamentals of Hydrobiology, revitalization, brownfields and water in the landscape. Basics focusing on phytosociology ranks significant recovery area (terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems). Fundamentals of Landscape Ecology - Structure and components of the landscape, the European Landscape Convention. Landscape planning and landscape. Nature and landscape conservation, sustainable development. Protection of land resources, agricultural land, the forest land resources. Negative influences in the landscape, solutions (focus on a deserted area, repository of waste, demolition areas, sedimentation tanks, slides, etc.). Brownfields - definition, types of brownfields, environmental characteristics. Fundamentals of bioindication and biomonitoring.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Terrain work
Summary
The aim of the course is to understand the consequences of human activities on the environment, introduction to basic problem areas, opportunities and approaches for successful and responsive solutions of anthropogenic activities in the landscape. Students will gain knowledge about the functioning of ecosystems influenced by humans. The theoretical and practical knowledge acquired can be used by graduates in follow-up courses focused on restoration of landscapes and landscapes controlled by the industry. They are able to apply knowledge for project needs as well as for decision-making and assessment in professional practice.
Compulsory literature:
FORMAN, R.T.T. WILSON, E.O. The ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambrige University Press, 1995.
MCPHERSON G.R. DESTEPHANO S. Applied ecology and natural resource management. Cambridge Univ.Press 2003.
MOLLES, M.C. Ecology: Concepts and applications. McGraw Hill, 509 pp.
NEWMAN E.I. Applied Ecology & Environmental Management. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2001.
Recommended literature:
BUCKLEY, G.P. Biological Habitat Reconstruction. New Jersey , John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1989.
SCHEFFER M. Critical Transitions in Nature and Society. Princeton University Press 2009.
RICKLEFS R. E. A MILLER G. L. Ecology. Freeman and Co., New York 1999.
SANDERSON,J., HARRIS,L.D. Lanscape ecology. CRC Press LLC. Boca Raton, Florida. 246p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit and written exam answers to two questions from the set of questions and answers to the 10 professional terms of Applied Ecology (The terms are discussed in lectures and exercises). Exercises - semestral project.
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of semester project. Participation in practices, meet ongoing challenges. Fulfilling the final test.
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 an ecological factor, adaptation of animals. 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. Conditions of life in stagnant waters. Conditions of life in flowing waters. Ecological factors of bogs. Ecological factors of periodic waters and saline waters.
3. Soil as environment. Ground edaphone.
4. Food. Classification of adaptations - physiological, morphological and ethological adaptations. Intraspecific relationships.
5. Migration of animals. Interspecies relations. Animal communities. Quantitative features of zoocenoses. Structural and relational features of zoocenoses.
6. Reproduction, estrus, reproductive types, reproduction 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. Temperature balance, plant temperature and plant adaptation to temperatures. Effect of atmospheric composition on plants.
8. Water balance of habitat, absorption, transpiration and water balance of plants. Plant resistance to drought, specific survival time. Water as the environment of plants, adaptation of plants to the aquatic environment.
9. The importance of plants for soil formation, the influence of relief and plants on pedogenetic processes. Dependence of plants on soil chemistry.
10. Photosynthetic capacity of plants, photosynthesis efficiency coefficient, dependence of net photosynthesis on light and heat. Growth analysis of plants, its meaning and application.
11. Plant population - definition, characteristics, distribution of the population. Plant demography. Population structure. Interrelationships between individuals and plant populations. Plant population strategies.
12. Ecology of the plant community - definition, delimitation. Horizontal and vertical structure of the plant community. Stability of the plant community, zonal, azonal and extrazonal vegetation. Analysis of community structure, life forms of plants. Vegetation potential, natural, close to nature, reconstructed natural, natural.
13. Changes in the structure of the plant community over time. Ecological succession of plants, primary and secondary succession, principles and importance in the ecosystem. Invasive and expansive plant species, significance.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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