Bi9661 Selected topic in ecology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Francesco de Bello, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D. (deputy)
Lars Götzenberger, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The students will obtain knowledge about topic and subjects which are not taught in regular courses at Masaryk University. This course is 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. The objective is to demostrate some topic which is not included in regular courses offered at Masaryk University.
Syllabus
  • V podzimním semestru roku 2016 bude tématem kurz "Traits in Ecology". Přednášejícími budou Dr. Francesco de Bello a Dr. Lars Götzenberger z Botanického ústavu AV ČR v Třeboni. Kurz bude dvoudenní a bude probíhat v angličtině.
    1st day - 4 November 2016
  • 1. Introduction and round of presentations.
  • 2. People’s traits game (all).
  • 3. Introduction to functional ecology and key definitions.
  • 4. Environmental filtering and related community metrics.
  • 5. Functional trait community metrics.
  • 2nd day - 5 November 2016
  • 6. Practical exercises to compute main community trait metrics (all) (please install before, R, R studio, and the libraries FD and picante with all dependencies).
  • 7. Community assembly theories and tests in R.
  • 8. Trait sampling strategies game (all).
  • 9. Traits and phylogeny.
  • 10. The response/effect framework.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Literaturu dodává v případě potřeby zvaný přednášející podle vlastní úvahy.
  • BEGON, Michael, John L. HARPER and Colin R. TOWNSEND. Ekologie : jedinci, populace a společenstva. Translated by Bronislava Grygová - Barbara Köberleová - Zdeněk Brandl. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1997, xxiv, 949. ISBN 8070676957. info
    not specified
  • Literaturu dodává v případě potřeby zvaný přednášející / Literature is supplied by the invited lecturer..
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
To obtain credits for this course students must participate in at least 80% of teaching hours and participate in a class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 2003, 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.
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