ENSb1118 Botanical Review

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ENS118 Botanical Review &&!NOW( ENS118 Botanical Review )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following:
to acquainte students with the basics of botany with respect to the nature and landscape conservation and to the endangered species; to identify the causes of endangerement and possibilities of their protection.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain range of topics ranking from the population biology of species, methods of time and space vegatation changes to vegetation data analysis.
Learning outcomes
Students learn to recognize about 200 important plants species of our nature and in the form of essays will describe the plant community in the selected locality. Through excursions and field determinations of the species, the students will learn the nature of their school surroundings, and they will also try out the determination of plants in the field. Students will acquire knowledge of plants in relation to the natural environment in which they grow and the environmental threats that threaten nature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, brief review of the history of botany as a science. Introduction to morphology, plant adaptation.
  • 2. Histology - plexus, functions. Morphology - plant organs - root.
  • 3. Morphology - plant organs - stem, leaf, flower, inflorescence, fruit, seed distribution.
  • 4. Photosynthesis - principles, chlorophyle, plant adaptation C3, C4 aCAM).
  • 5. Plant system.
  • 6. Population ecology - Onosma visianii, Globularia punctata.
  • 7. Phytocenology. natural and semi-natural vegetation types.
  • 9. Phenology, plant migration, plant invasion.
  • 10. Endangered species, conservation management.
  • 11. Plant conservation in urbanised landscape.
Literature
  • KUBÁT, Karel. Botanika. 2. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 2003, 231 s., [1. ISBN 80-7183-266-9. info
  • PYŠEK, Petr and Lubomír TICHÝ. Rostlinné invaze (Plant invasions). Brno: Rezekvítek, 2001, 40 pp. ISBN 80-902954-4-4. info
  • VICHEREK, Jiří, Vladimír ANTONÍN, Jiří DANIHELKA, Vít GRULICH, Bronislav GRUNA, Zbyněk HRADÍLEK, Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Petr VAMPOLA and Alois VÁGNER. Flóra a vegetace na soutoku Moravy a Dyje (Flora and vegetation at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 362 pp. ISBN 80-210-2386-4. info
Teaching methods
A combination of lectures and presentation written essay about the selected species.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by a written examination. Students receive points for final written test and an essay. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test and essays is published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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