Bi9661 Selected issues in botany

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Pyšek, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D. (deputy)
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.
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
Selected Issues in Botany is a course offered by external lecturers who talk about their research. There are different lecturers in every semester. Rather than a comprehensive coverage of some subject, the purpose of this course is defining scientific problems in a focused topic, discussion on methods applied to solve these problems, and presentation of results of particular projects.
Syllabus
  • PLANT INVASIONS (RNDr. Petr Pyšek, CSc.) - The course is aimed at outlining the principles of plant invasions and their spatial and temporal variation in global terms. It will focus on mechanisms underlying the process of plant invasions, possibilities of prediction and control. Various levels of organization will be considered, from population and species to impact on communities and ecosystems, including pattern of invasion as reflect in alien floras of various geographical areas. CONTENTS: 1. History of the field (from Darwin and Elton to SCOPE project and GISP), terminology (native vs. alien, invasion vs. natural range expansion). 2. Geography of invasions: history of plant invasions, comparison of biomes and continents, global pattern: invasive hot spots; invasion to nature reserves; invasions of islands. 3. Invasion process and its dynamics: naturalization, invasion, overcoming of barriers; quantitative rules (tens rule), dispersal vectors, rate of spread, time lags. 4. Major invasive species of the World and Czech flora; their biology, ecology, mechanisms underlying paricular invasions. 5. Traits of invasive plants: theories explaining invasive potential, comparison of alien floras, taxonomic pattern, life forms and strategies, relation to other trophic levels. 6. Evolution of invasive species: population genetics, hybridization potential role of GMO. 7. Invasibility of communities: determinants of resistence or invasibility, effect on diversity, competition. 8. Practical aspects, control: economics of biological invasions; mechanical, chemical and biological control; history of biological control, examples of successful and non successful attempts. 9. Prediction possibilities and strategy of attitude to global invasions; public awareness, society involvement; legislation.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Vzhledem k možnostem externích přednášejících probíhá výuka zpravidla blokově.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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