ZD121 Selected topics from soil geography and biogeography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Absolutorium of university magister degree with specialization in geosciences, biology, pedology or forestry, ornamental gardening or ladscape architecture.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Biogeographical part is dedicated mostly to regional biogeography. Great attention to map sources, their qualities and problems, is paid. Next part of the course is dedicated to less frequent aspects of local biogeography. The final lecture deals with contrast biogeographical conditions of the island in semi-arid warm tropical climate. The students will enlarge their knowledges in biogeography and ecology to some special problems, but useful in other geographical disciplines.
The second part of the course devoted to soil science comprise several special topics. This part developes the skills of the szudents which they have already acquired in the basic course on pedogeography. Topics of the lectures are as follows: soil classifications, methods of soil quality assesment, soil degradation by erosion, chemical contamination of soils, palaeopedology.
Výukové výstupy a získané dovednosti studentů jsou následující:
- students will be able to describe differences between international and national soil classification systems;
- list and describe the soil quality indicators;
- explain the pronciples of most used soil erosion models;
- identify the main sources of chemical contamination of soils.
Syllabus
  • Diferences between geobiocoenological and phytocoenological approach to vegetation division. Geobotanical and Fytogeographical division of the Czech Republic. Forest-geographical and Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic. Biogeographical divisions and related divisions of the Europe. New biogeographical division of the World by IUCN. Biota of extreme ecotops in the Czech Republic. Biogeographical case study of the tropical island Socotra (Republic of Yemen)
  • Soil science part of the course:
  • 1. International soil classifications (WRB, US Soil taxonomy), their development and last inovations, presented is mutual comparison of classifications and their confrontation with Czech national classification system.
  • 2. Assesment of soil quality and soil health, indicators of the quality of forest and agricultural soils in the Czech Rep.
  • 2. Soil degradation by water and wind erosion.
  • 3. Processes of soil contamination with chemical substances, xenobiotics in soils.
  • 4. Soils throughout the Quaternary, changes of soil forming factors in Quaternary, old soils at the territory of the Czech Rep.
Literature
  • ZLATNÍK, A.: Přeheld skupin typů geobiocénů původně lesních a křovinných v ČSSR. In: Zprávy geografického ústavu ČSAV, Vol. 3-4. Brno 1976. Str. 55-64.+tabulka
  • BUČEK, A., LACINA, J.: Geobiocenologie II. 240 s. MZLU v Brně. 1999.
  • MORAVEC, Jaroslav. Fytocenologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1994, 403 s. ISBN 8020004572. info
  • CHYTRÝ, Milan, Tomáš KUČERA and Martin KOČÍ. Katalog biotopů České republiky (Habitat catalogue of the Czech Republic). Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny, 2001, 307 pp. ISBN 80-86064-55-7. URL info
  • MIKYŠKA, R. et al. (1968-1972): Geobotanická mapa ČSSR. 1. České země. Vegetace ČSSR. Soubor map 1:200 000. Academia. Praha.
  • NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Zdenka, Jaroslav MORAVEC, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jiří SÁDLO, Kamil RYBNÍČEK, Jiří KOLBEK and Jaroslav JIRÁSEK. Mapa potenciální přirozené vegetace České republiky (Map of potential natural vegetation of the Czech Republic). Průhonice: Botanický ústav AV ČR, 1997, 1 pp. info
  • NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Zdenka, Denisa BLAŽKOVÁ, Vít GRULICH, Miroslava HUSOVÁ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jan JENÍK, Jaroslav JIRÁSEK, Jiří KOLBEK, Zdeněk KROPÁČ, Vojen LOŽEK, Jaroslav MORAVEC, Karel PRACH, Kamil RYBNÍČEK, Eliška RYBNÍČKOVÁ and Jiří SÁDLO. Mapa potenciální přirozené vegetace České republiky. Textová část (Map of potential natural vegetation of the Czech Republic. Explanatory text.). Praha: Academia, 1998, 341 pp. ISBN 80-200-0687-7. info
  • Květena České republiky. Edited by Bohumil Slavík - Slavomil Hejný - Jindřich Chrtek - Pavel Tomšovic. 2. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1997, 557 s. ISBN 8020006435. info
  • Květena České socialistické republiky. Edited by Slavomil Hejný - Bohumil Slavík - Jindřich Chrtek - Pavel Tomšovic. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1988, 557 s. info
  • PRŮŠA, Eduard. Přirozené lesy České republiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo lesního hospodářství a dřevozpracujícího průmyslu ČR ve Státním zemědělském nakladatelství, 1990, 246 s. ISBN 8020900950. info
  • CULEK, Martin, Vít GRULICH and Dalibor POVOLNÝ. Biogeografické členění České republiky (Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic). Praha: Enigma, 1996, 347 pp. 1. ISBN 80-85368-80-3. info
  • CULEK, Martin, Antonín BUČEK, Vít GRULICH, Pavel HARTL, Antonín HRABICA, Jan KOCIÁN, Štěpán KYJOVSKÝ and Jan LACINA. Biogeografické členění České republiky. II. díl. (Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic. Vol. 2.). 1st ed. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, 2005, 589 pp. Biogeografické členění ČR, svazek 2. ISBN 80-86064-82-4. info
  • CULEK, Martin and Vít GRULICH. Biogeografické členění ČR (Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic). 2010. info
  • HENDRYCH, Radovan. Fytogeografie. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 220 stran. info
  • CULEK, Martin. Typologie niv České republiky (Typology of the floodplains of the Czech Republic). In Obnova ekologických funkcí břehových a doprovodných porostů - revitalizace ekosystémů niv. 1st ed. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 2007, p. 7-57, 50 pp. ISBN 978-80-7212-467-1. info
  • ADOLT, Radim, Antonín BUČEK, Martin CULEK, HABROVÁ HANA, Pavel KLVAČ, Jaroslav KOBLÍŽEK, Kamil KRÁL, Petr MADĚRA and Jindřich PAVLIŠ. Tvorba ekologické sítě a agrolesnická, výchovná a kulturní východiska trvale udržitelného rozvoje ostrova Socotra (Jemenská republika) (Creating an Ecological Network and Agroforestry, Educational and Cultural Doorway for Sustainable Development of the Socotra Island (Republic of Yemen)). 1st ed. Brno: Mendlova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 2004, 126 pp. info
  • HILLEL, Daniel. Introduction to environmental soil physics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004, xvi, 494. ISBN 0123486556. info
  • BRADY, Nyle C. and Ray R. WEIL. The nature and properties of Soils. 13th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2002, xvi, 960 s. ISBN 0-13-016763-0. info
  • NĚMEČEK, Jan, Miroslav KUTÍLEK and Libuše SMOLÍKOVÁ. Pedologie a paleopedologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1990, 546 stran. ISBN 8020001530. info
Teaching methods
Lectures have a form of 4 hours blocks once in two weeks. First two hours are devoted to soil geography, folowing two to biogeography. Course also includes a half day field trip to the surroundings of Brno city.
Assessment methods
Examination has an oral form. Both teachers examine, the final grade is a consesus between both examinators.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: pro studenty doktorského studijního programu
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, 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, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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