Z0128 Landscape Ecology - field studies

Faculty of Science
Spring 2021
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. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
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
Prerequisites
Elementar knowledges in Landscape ecology. Be prepared for working in harder conditions, mostly in mountains.
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
Course objectives
Field practise with using of ecological mapping methods; during the field course studets will recognize a medium segment of Landscape.
Students are to understand and interpret space interactions and connections of Nature and Man in territory under study, impact of the Man on the Landscape;
Studens will apply their theoretical knowledge in the real Landscape;
The course supports both individual and team work of students.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the field practise students should be able to:
- characterize the area under research from geographical poin of view to detail;
- interpret main horizontal and vertical space interactions among landscape elements and landscape components;
- interpret the historical and present interrelationships between natural landscape components nad human ones;
- elaborate final report with evaluation of relations between chemical soil properties and plant species composition and betweeen climatical condiotions a plant species.
Syllabus
  • Field course usually takes place somewhere in Moravia outside of Brno city.
  • 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. During the excursion ecological, landscape ecological and biogeographical themes are presentated by the lecturers too.
  • 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 1986, 1993).
  • 4. Mapping of distribution of any striking flower and searching for reasons of its presence/absence.
  • 5. Processing of data.
  • Details of the course depend on the locality of the course and on the weather.
Literature
  • CHYTRÝ, Milan, Tomáš KUČERA, Martin KOČÍ, Vít GRULICH, Pavel LUSTYK, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Jiří SÁDLO, Zdenka NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK, Kamil RYBNÍČEK, František KRAHULEC, Andrea KUČEROVÁ, Jiří KOLBEK and Štěpán HUSÁK. Katalog biotopů České republiky. Druhé vydání (Habitat catalogue of the Czech Republic. Second edition). 2nd ed. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, 2010, 445 pp. Katalog biotopů České republiky. ISBN 978-80-87457-02-3. URL 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
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. 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
  • CHYTRÝ, Milan, Jan DOUDA, Jan ROLEČEK, Jiří SÁDLO, Karel BOUBLÍK, Radim HÉDL, Michaela VÍTKOVÁ, David ZELENÝ, Jana NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Zdenka NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Petr PETŘÍK, Jiří KOLBEK, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Richard HRIVNÁK, Dana MICHALCOVÁ, Kristýna ŽÁKOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Lubomír TICHÝ, Václav ZOUHAR and Martin KOČÍ. Vegetace České republiky 4. Lesní a křovinná vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 4. Forest and scrub vegetation). Praha: Academia, 2013, 552 pp. Vegetace České republiky 4. ISBN 978-80-200-2299-8. URL info
  • CHYTRÝ, Milan, Martin KOČÍ, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Jiří SÁDLO, František KRAHULEC, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK, Aleš HOFMANN, Denisa BLAŽKOVÁ, Tomáš KUČERA, Jan NOVÁK, Marcela ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Tomáš ČERNÝ, Handrij HÄRTEL, Deana SIMONOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Ondřej HÁJEK, Klára KUBOŠOVÁ, Katrin KARIMOVÁ and Jiří ROZEHNAL. Vegetace České republiky 1. Travinná a keříčková vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 1. Grassland and heathland vegetation). 2nd ed. Praha: Academia, 2010, 526 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-1896-0. URL info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
Teaching methods
Before the field course students are to prepare and analyse information on geology, geomorfology, climatology, pedology, biology etc. of the Landscape, where the field course will be held. During the field course students present their prepared information.
Students under supervision of the lecturer map a landscape, measure some climatoligical features. It is a group work usually.
After the end of the field course students are to elaborate final maps and reports.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credit it is necessary: 1. To make oral presentation on information about the territory. 2. To submit results of mapping in the Landscape and a landscape profile in good quality. 3. To present notes from field presentations and discussions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 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 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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