Bi8170 Flora of the Czech Republic

Faculty of Science
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Vít Grulich, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Vít Grulich, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vít Grulich, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:50 D32/329
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
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand main principles of constitution of recent flora and vegetation of the Czech Republic and their changes; to learn a causality in distribution of endemics and relics and main courses of postglacial migrations; to understand regional diferencies in flora and vegetation within the Czech Republic.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students should be able to: - identify basic principles which forming the flora of the Czech Republic; - identify causes for endemism; - understand relics of glacial and/or early postglacial periods; - discuss problems of migration ways of xerotherm species during florogenesis; - list basic characteristic of flora and vegetation in various regions of the Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • Endemics in the Flora of the Czech Republic (types of endemism, distribution of endemics).
  • Relics in the Flora of the Czech Republic (migroelements, chronoelements).
  • Ways of migration of xerophilous and thermophilous species.
  • Types of phytogeographical divisions (florogenetical, typological).
  • Phytogeographical regions of thermophyticum.
  • Phytogeographical regions of mesophyticum.
  • Phytogeographical regions of oreophyticum.
Literature
  • 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
  • Biogeografické členění České republiky. Edited by Martin Culek. Praha: ENIGMA, 1996, 347 s. +. ISBN 80-85368-80-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, 2 hours weekly
Assessment methods
oral exam, 3 questions: a. general characteristics of the Czech flora b. and c. flora and vegetation of 2 selected regions
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, 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 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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