PřF:Bi7570c Plant Physiol. Ecology - pr. - Course Information

Bi7570c Plant Physiological Ecology - practical course

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jan Gloser, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Naděžda Bílá
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

At the end of this practical course students should be able to:
utilize modern methods of measurements of physiological processes in plants growing in their habitats;
monitor abiotic factors in close vicinity of the studied plants;
design suitable conceptual approach to solve specific ecological problems using physiological measurements;
select the most appropriate methods for field data collection and their evaluation.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this practical course students should be able to: - utilize modern methods of measurements of physiological processes in plants growing in their habitats; - monitor abiotic factors in close vicinity of the studied plants; - design suitable conceptual approach to solve specific ecological problems using physiological measurements; - select the most appropriate methods for field data collection and their evaluation.

Syllabus

• Principles, advantages and disadvantages of different sensors used in monitoring of abiotic variables: radiation, temperature, wind velocity, air humidity.
• Principles, advantages and disadvantages of different sensors used in monitoring of abiotic variables: soil water potential, carbon dioxide and oxygen concentration.
• Field data acquisition using data loggers.
• Principles of methods and available compact apparatus most frequently used for measurement of physiological processes in the field conditions, their practical application gasometry.
• Principles of methods and available compact apparatus most frequently used for measurement of physiological processes in the field conditions, their practical application fluorometry.
• Principles of methods and available compact apparatus most frequently used for measurement of physiological processes in the field conditions, their practical application reflectometry.
• Design of ecophysiological studies using complementary measurements in laboratory conditions.
• Synthesis of analytical data with help of mathematical modelling.

Literature

• Plant physiological ecology : field methods and instrumentation. Edited by Robert W. Pearcy. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1989, 457 s. ISBN 0412407302. info
• NOBEL, Park S. Physicochemical and environmental plant physiology. 4th ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2009, xxi, 582. ISBN 9780123741431. info
• Methods in comparative plant ecology : a laboratory manual. Edited by G. A. F. Hendry - J. Philip Grime. First edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1993, xviii, 252. ISBN 0412462303. info
• KIRKHAM, M. B. Principles of soil and plant water relations. Second edition. Oxford: Academic Press, 2014, xviii, 579. ISBN 9780124200227. info

Teaching methods

Lectures (principles of methods), laboratory projects.

Assessment methods

Writen test containing 15 questions, at least 10 of them should be answered correctly. Elaboration of protocols with results of solved tasks.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• Bi7570 Plant Physiological Ecology

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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