Z4066 Landscape ecology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Interest in the topic of the course :-))
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
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The approach to the Landscape is ecosystematic, with terrain identifications of landscape entities, analysis and interpretations, evaluation and proposals of landscape improvement; Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to receive basic information about living organismus funkcion in the Landscape; to understand relations of organismus to abiotic factors; to be aple to identify landscape structure; to understand to principles of Ecological networks and rules of their proposals; to recognize common woods in Czechia and their ecological requirements.
Syllabus
  • 1. Landscape of the Earth, global space structure.
  • 2. Natural landscapes of the Earth - zonobiomes, orobiomes, geobiomes.
  • 3. Introduction to Ecology for geographers I. - ecological valence, optimum.
  • 4. Introduction to Ecology for geographers II. - ecological conditions and ecological factors.
  • 5. Introduction to the Ecology of Landscapes.
  • 6. Anthropogenous factors of Landscape evolution.
  • 7. Ecosystems, Succession.
  • 8. Vegetational tiers of Central Europe, examples of Landscape types, their ecological features and problems.
  • 9. Structure of the Landscape acording to Forman and Godron.
  • 10. Skeleton of ecological Landscape stability, ecological networks.
  • 11. Legislative protection of the Nature and the Landscape in the Czech Republic, protected areas. History of nature and landscape protection in the Czech Republic.
  • 12. Half-day excursion to surroundings of Brno with distinguishing of Landscape types, types of ecosystems and their use.
Literature
  • 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
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. 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
  • DEMEK, Jaromír, Evžen QUITT and Jaroslav RAUŠER. Úvod do obecné fyzické geografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1976, 400 s. info
  • DUVIGNEAUD, Paul. Ekologická syntéza. Translated by Václav Mezřický. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 414 s. URL info
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Sledování změn v kulturní krajině :učební text pro cvičení z předmětu Krajinná ekologie. Kostelec nad Černými lesy: Lesnická práce, 2000, 71 s., 4 s. ISBN 80-213-0643-2. info
Teaching methods
Lectures are held with help of powerpoint presentations with many picture illustrations. Part of the class exercises is replaced by terrain excursion - with active cooperation of the students. During the course students elaborate terrain project (mapping of a landscape).
Assessment methods
Exam is done by written test. It must be at least on level "E" anyway. Quality of the terrain project gives cca 20% of final course mark. Recognization of common woods in Czechia (on computer screen) gives another cca 20% of final mark. Quality of collaboration in excercises give cca 10% of the final course mark. To obtain the possiblility to attend the exam, students have to present their notes from the excursion to the seminar tutor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, 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.