Z0128 Landscape Ecology - field studies

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Absolutorium of Landscape ecology.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Field practise with the using of ecological mapping methods. During the fild course studets will recognize a medium segment of Landscape and space interactions in this territory. The course supports both individual and team work of the students.
Syllabus
  • Field course usually takes place somewhere in Moravia outside of Brno. 1. Excursion to surroundings of hostel, orientation in the territory, presentation of physical geography and human geography features of the territory. This part is the task of students groups. During the excursion ecological, landscape ecological and biogeographical themes are presentated. 2. Field work of the students - mapping of landuse (usually in tandem of students), propsals for Landscape improvement, selection of Skeleton of landscape stability. 3. Assesment of fundamental features of the landscape and its elements (according to Forman, Godron). 4. Mapping of distribution of any striking flower and searching for reasons of its presence/absence. 5. Processing of data. Details of the course depends on the locality of the course and on the weather.
Literature
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. info
  • LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. 1. vyd. Kostelec nad Černými Lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 s. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
  • AMBROS, Zdeněk and Jan ŠTYKAR. Geobiocenologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická universita, 1999, 63 s. ISBN 8071573973. info
  • BUČEK, Antonín and Jan LACINA. Geobiocenologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická universita, 1999, 240 s. ISBN 8071574171. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Skupiny studentů si předem doma připraví své vystoupení v úvodní den terénního cvičení (viz osnova předmětu). Kvalitní splnění tohoto úkolu je podmínkou k zápočtu. K zápočtu studenti také předloží k nahlédnutí své vlastnoruční poznámky ze cvičení a odevzdají výsledky mapování včetně dvou zpráv -z mapování krajiny a rozšíření rostliny. Mapy a doprovodné zprávy se odevzdávají v čistopise jedna za pracovní skupinu.
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 dnů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, 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 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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