PřF:B5080 Ecology - Course Information

B5080 Ecology

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! B5210p Plant ecology && ! B5210c Plant ecology practice && ! B6340p Ecology && ! B6340c Ecology

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

• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, M-BI)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Paleontology)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology and Geology (programme PřF, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, M-SS)

Course objectives

Introduction, basic definitions and history, organisms and their environment, basic ecological factors, light and temperature, ecological importance of water, soil and edafic factors, organisms like an environment, general properties and dynamics of populations and communities, intra and interspecific interactions, spatio-temporal aspects of diversity, concept of ecological niche, biomes, ecosystems, biomass, productivity, energy and material flow, food chain, biochemical cycles, biosphere, ecosystems of central Europe, applied ecology, environmental pollution, biomonitoring and bioindication.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2000, recent)
  
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