Z0123 Field work on physical geography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Z0026 Physical geography && NOW( Z2011 Geographical Research Methods )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course is aimed to make practical excercises in the field for linking knowledge from the lectures and practical skills in the subjects of geomorphology, pedogeography and biogeography. Filed course is run in various types of cultural landscape in south Moravia. Links and interactions between individual components of landscape will be presented. The course will be concentrated on mapping of landforms, description of soil profiles and determination of plant and animal communities in the selected segments of visited landscapes.
Syllabus
  • Following skills from the subject of geoecological investigation and mapping will be excercised in the field: 1. Mapping of meso- and microforms, delimitation of elementary units of relief (elementary geoforms) from maps and their verification in the field. 2. Description of lithological setting in elementary geoforms. 3. Description of soil profile in soil excavation. 4. Determination of plant component of an ecosystem. 5. Determination of animal component of an ecosystem. 6. Synthesis, delineation of elementary geoecological spatial units.
Literature
  • STRAHLER, Alan H. and Arthur Newell STRAHLER. Introducing physical geography. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, xix, 684. ISBN 0471238007. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Vybrané kapitoly z krajinné ekologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1999, 102 s. ISBN 8021021683. info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981, 234 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zápočet se uděluje za 100% účast na práci v terénu a za vypracování závěrečné zprávy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5 dní.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.