Z0005 Biogeography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Vybral (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Jan Divíšek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:50 Z4,02028
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0005/01: Thu 10:00–11:50 Z3,02045, P. Vybral
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 33 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/33, only registered: 0/33
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to gain fundamental knowledges about biogeography, its interesting problems and ecological fundaments; to receive detailed information about disponibile biogeographical maps and their advantages and disadvantages - both in Czechia and in the World; Students are to aply basic methods of Biogeography; to explain important features of Biogeografical regions of the Earth; to characterise main biogeographical unites in the Czech Republic; to recognize main woods and plants in Czechia important from the biogeographical point of view.
Syllabus
  • 1. Subject and goal of the course. History of the Biogeography. Interrelations to other sciences.
  • 2. Organismus and its environment. Ecological conditions and factors. Ecological vicariazation.
  • 3. Life forms and strategies, biogeographical rules.
  • 4. Spread of the species, migrations. Island theory.
  • 5. Geographical extremes in the spread of organisms.
  • 6. Speciation - evolution of species x origin of communities.
  • 7. Unity of organismus and its environment - phytocoenoses, ecosystems, geobiocoenoses, forest types.
  • 8. Areals and their mapping, disjunctions, relicts, endemites, migration, migroelements.
  • 9. Methods of biogeographical research.
  • 10. New biogeographical division of the Earth (IUCN).
  • 11. Alternative biogeographical division
  • 12. Biogeographical division of the Central Europe.
  • 13. Phytogeographical and Silvigeographical division of the Czechia.
  • 14. Biogeographical division of the Czechia.
Literature
  • Fyzická geografie. II. Edited by Stanislav Horník. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 319 s. info
  • Buchar, J.: Zoogeografie. SPN Praha 1983, 199ss.
  • HENDRYCH, Radovan. Fytogeografie. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 220 stran. info
  • MÍCHAL, Igor. Ekologická stabilita. 1. vyd. Brno: Veronica, 1992, 243 s. info
  • AMBROS, Zdeněk and Jan ŠTYKAR. Geobiocenologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická universita, 1999, 63 s. ISBN 8071573973. 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
  • WHITTAKER, Robert H. Island biogeography : ecology, evolution and conservation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, xi, 285. ISBN 0198500203. info
  • BUČEK, Antonín and Jan LACINA. Geobiocenologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická universita, 1999, 240 s. ISBN 8071574171. info
  • COX, C. Barry and Peter D. MOORE. Biogeography : an ecological and evolutionary approach. 6th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999, ix, 298. ISBN 086542778X. info
  • LOMOLINO, Mark V., Brett R. RIDDLE and James H. BROWN. Biogeography. 3rd ed. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2006, xiii, 845. ISBN 0878930620. info
  • Biogeografické členění České republiky. Edited by Martin Culek. Praha: ENIGMA, 1996, 347 s. +. 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
Teaching methods
Lectures are held with help of powerpoint presentations with mapy ilustrations. Studets are to elaborate seminar thesis - terrain mapping of chosen territory with mapping of geobiocoenoses, actual and potential vegetation, elaborating of relevé. A half-day excursion to interesting localities in Brno surroundings is held instead of 4 class excercises. Students are to prepare geographical information on the excursion territory.
Assessment methods
Exam is oral with possibility of written preparation. Quality of seminar thesis gives cca 30% of final mark. Knowledges of woods and some plants important from biogeographical point of view give cca 20% of final mark. Student must bring and present his/her notes from the excursion to the seminar tutor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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