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Lecturer(s)
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Bednaříková Šárka, Mgr.
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Němcová Monika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Balážová Alena, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Banďouchová Hana, doc. MVDr. Ph.D.
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Baláž Vojtech, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lectures: 1. Recommended textbooks. Ecology - definition, basic terminology. Ecology in the system of biological sciences. Hierarchy of ecological systems. Relation between ecology and evolutionary biology. 2. Species as a basic unit in ecology and evolutionary biology. Speciation and adaptation to the environment. 3. History and processes in the formation of central European landscape. 4. Organisms and their environment. Adaptation to abiotic environmental factors. 5. Interactions between and among species. Co-evolution. Cooperation, mutualism, commensalism, amensalism. 6. Interactions between and among species. Competition, predation, parasitism. 7. Communities, ecosystems, biomes, nutrient cycling. Processes in the formation of communities. 8. Ecosystems and biomes, definition and classification. 9. Population ecology. 10. Biodiversity and island biogeography concept. 11. Human influence on organisms and communities. 12. Ecomorphology of animals. 13. Behavioural ecology, intra-and inter-species communication. 14. Nature and protected species legislation. Practicals: 1. Landscape ecology and environmental changes during the last decades, their effects on living organisms. 2. Domestication and its influence on morphology and ethology of animals. 3. Population growth in dependence on surrounding conditions and inner structure. 4. Methods to determine abundance of wild animals, habitat description. 5. Invasive species and pathogens as a problem for nature conservancy. 6. Animal size, shape and the environment. Ecological rules 7. Ecological catastrophic events and their influence on the environment and ecosystems. 8. - 13. Field trip. 14. Credit-awarding test.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The subject aims at essential principles applied to animal ecology. Our education also includes and extends into environmental and applied veterinary ecology as related to local fauna, environment and landscape.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
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Baláž V., Falteisek L., Chlumská Z., Kolář F., Kubešová M., Matějů J., Prach J., Rezková M. Ochrana přírody z pohledu biologa. 191 pp.. 2010.
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Begon M, Harper J, Townsend C. Ecology. Blackwell Science. ISBN 0632038012. 1996.
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Čepička I., Kolář F., Synek P. Mutualismus - vzájemně prospěšná symbióza. 87 pp. 2007.
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Falteisek L. a kol. Organismy a abiotické faktory prostředí. 112 pp.. 2006.
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Storch D. & Mihulka S. Ekologie. 80 pp. 1997.
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