546-0957/02 – Ecology (EKOd)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 1999/2000 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
PhD student is well versed in issues of ecological relationships and patterns. PhD student uses and apply procedures in their scientific and research work. PhD student is able to analyze research problems and synthetically apply knowledge.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The subject contains basic knowledge of the area of ecology and the
environment; it deals with environmental factors and their acting, with the
population, community (relations, interactions). Special emphasis is put on
the function of ecosystems (food relations, trophic chains, energy in
ecosystems and ecosystem productivity) and application of thermodynamic laws
to ecology. Further, the subject deals with the biosphere and noosphere
(biosphere source, utilisation of energy and mineral resources, food security)
and expected ecological crises.
Compulsory literature:
BEGON M., HARPER J. L. & TOWNSEND C. R. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. 4th Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston etc. 2006.
FULBRIGHT, T., HEWITT, D.G. Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications. CRC Press. 2007.
HANSKI I. & GILPIN M. E. Metapopulation Biology. Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution. Academic Press, San Diego etc. 1997.
THOMAS P.A., PACKHAM J.R. Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity. Cambridge University Press. 2007.
Recommended literature:
KANE K.T., LANGE M.D. Field and laboratory Methods for General Ecology. McGraw-Kill Comp. 1997.
KREBS C.J. Ecological Methodology. 2nd Edition. Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park etc. 1999.
WHITTAKER, R.J., FERNANDEZ-PALACIOS, J.M. Island Biogeography. Ecology: Evolution, and Conservation. Oxford University Press. 2006.
FULBRIGHT, T., HEWITT, D.G. Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications. CRC Press. 2007.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Oral examination.
E-learning
Other requirements
Semester work on the topic with the use of foreign literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Individual and environment
2. Abiotic ecological factors, adaptation of organisms
3. Mineral Plant Nutrition - Microelements - Macroelements. Accessibility and intake of substances. Nitrogen. Mineralization. Phosphorus. Calcium. Serpentinity and Saltwater Ecological Adaptation.
4. Ecology of photosynthesis and production ecology
5. Geographical extension of the organism
6. Environment adaptation and natural selection, Trade-off principle.
7. Life strategies
8. Population in time and space
9. Establishment and development of communities, ecological succession
10. Ecosystem.
11. Environment Variability, Response to Variable Environment
12. Ecological stability
13. The Importance of Biodiversity
14. Equilibrium theory of island biogeography
15. Island effects in a real environment
16. General area isolation problems and reservation management
17. Classification of human ecosystems. Problems of urbanization. Synantroping and Synurbanization
18. Reaction of the organism to pollution. Forms of the body\'s responses. Homeostasis. Stress.
19. Ecological invasion
20. Ecological methodology
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction