Ze2RC_PBK2 Soil Geography and Biogeography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
An efficient participation in the education requires from students basic knowledge of geology, hydrology and climatology in order to have an ability to assess correctly these factors ant their impact on the development of the soil and vegetation covers.
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 aim of the subject is the demonstration of fundamental knowledge of geographical aspects of soil and vegetation study. The indication role of the soil and vegetation fro other environmental components will be enhanced as well as the practical applicability of such knowledge in life and economy. The both subjects will be presented as attractive ones for understanding to secondary school pupils. Students are able to distinguish basic soil features. They are able to discern the basic soil types and kinds and to evaluate them according to their importance for the development of the nature and economic utilizing. Students understand the backgroud of the existence of plant regions of the world and recognize the key plant and animal species representing these regions.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to distinguish the basic soil types and kinds and to evaluate them according to their importance for the development of the nature and economic utilizing. In  biogeography, the students will be familiar with the contents   main biogeographic terms, basic properties of living matter, the roles of organisms in the environment, relations of orgamisms with environmental factors. The main group of life forms of plants and biogeographic division of the Earth will be demonstrated.
Syllabus
  • Subject contents:
  • 1. Soil geography in the system of geographic disciplines. Study object and subject of soil geography. Supporting disciplines.
  • 2. Soil as a system. Basic features.
  • 3. Components of the soil.
  • 4. Soil forming processes.
  • 5. Soil classification and soil division of the Czech territory.
  • 6. Geographical aspects of territorial distribution of soils.
  • 7. Biogeography in the system of geographic disciplines. Related disciplines.
  • 8. Terms: plant/animal society, ecotop, geobicenose.
  • 9. Ecoelements of vegetation.
  • 10. Growth forms of vegetation, formations.
  • 11. Biogeographical division of Czech Republic.
  • 12. Soil geography and biogeography in geography curriculum at secondary schools.
Literature
    required literature
  • Náhradní obsah: VOKOUN JIří a kolektiv (2002): Příručka pro průzkum lesních půd. Taxonomický klasifikační systém půd ČR (Jan Němeček a kol.) v lesnické praxi. Ústav pro hospodářskou úpravu lesů. Brandýs nad Labem, 44 s.
    recommended literature
  • TOMÁŠEK, Milan. Půdy České republiky. 3. vyd. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2003, 67 s., [41. ISBN 80-7075-607-1. info
    not specified
  • BUZEK, Ladislav and Miroslav HAVRLANT. Základy geomorfologie a biogeografie. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta, 1977, 291 s. info
  • HENDRYCH, Radovan. Fytogeografie. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 220 stran. info
  • ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj, Pavel DLAPA and Zoltán BEDRNA. Kvalita a degradace půdy (Soil quality and degradation). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2002, 246 pp. ISBN 80-244-0584-9. info
  • JŮVA, Karel, Jan RÝZNAR and Antonín STRAŇÁK. Meliorace půdy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, 1960, 244 s. info
  • OPATRNÝ, Evžen. Zoogeografie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1999, 190 s. ISBN 8024400111. info
  • TOMÁŠEK, Milan. Půdy České republiky. 4. vyd. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2007, 67 s. ISBN 9788070756881. info
  • BUCHAR, Jan. Zoogeografie. Illustrated by B. Holubec. 1. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1983, 199 s. : i. info
  • HYNEK, Alois. Pedogeografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 320 s. URL info
  • HAVRLANT, Miroslav. Biogeografie Československa. Vyd. 1. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1979, 117 s. info
  • JŮVA, Karel, Antonín HRABAL and Václav TLAPÁK. Ochrana půdy, vegetace, vod a ovzduší. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, 1977, 180 s. info
  • Brtnický Martin a kol. (2015): Půdní typy ČR. Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 88 s.
Teaching methods
Oral lectures, thematic seminars, field work, geological map compilation, terrain assessment using topographic maps.
Assessment methods
Subject themes are presented in oral lectures. Final exam is obligatory. If the written exam is successful, oral one is not necessary. Credits from the seminary represent the exam precondition. For completing this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a writen test, min 10,5 marks (ten questions, a max. 2 marks).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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