PřF:Bi6540 Vegetation & habitats Czech R. - Course Information
Bi6540 Vegetation and habitats of the Czech Republic
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( Bi2130 Field course of system. botany || Bi2230 Field course of botany )&&( Bi2030 High. plant phylog. & divers. )
- 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
- Plant Biosystematics (programme PřF, N-BOT)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EKB)
- Plant Ecology (programme PřF, N-BOT)
- Phycology and Mycology (programme PřF, N-BOT)
- Nature Conservation - Botany (programme PřF, N-OCH)
- Course objectives
- The course provides basic overview of main types of natural, semi-natural and anthropogenic vegetation of the Czech Republic, based on the phytosociological classification system. The students will understand species composition, habitat conditions, distribution and dynamics of particular vegetation types.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be able to:
- recognize the main vegetation types and habitats of the Czech Republic (and through them also those of Central Europe);
- know their ecology and distribution;
- able to assign more common species of the Czech flora to habitats and vegetation types;
- master the use of phytosociological nomenclature; - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction.
- 1a. Phytosociology and its history in the Czech Republic
- 1b. Phytosociological units and nomenclature: International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature
- 1c. Habitat classification and its applications in nature conservation: Habitat Catalogue of the Czech Republic, Natura 2000, habitat mapping, Red List of Habitats of the Czech Republic
- 2. Natural environment and history of the Czech vegetation
- 2a. Natural environment and flora: topography, geology and climate of the Czech Republic and their effects on vegetation, biogeographical influences, migration routes
- 2b. Development of the Czech vegetation since the last glacial
- 3. Forests - introduction: main forest trees, their habitat requirements and competitive relationships, dynamics of natural forests, historical and current forest management, modification of site conditions by the tree layer
- 4. Deciduous forests and scrub: beech, oak-hornbeam, ravine, floodplain, acidophilous oak and thermophilous oak forests, alder carrs, scrub
- 5. Coniferous forests and scrub: spruce forests, boreo-continental and peri-Alpidic pine forests, krummholz
- 6. Alpine and subalpine treeless habitats: alpine timberline, vegetation complex of glacial cirques, alpine grasslands, tall-forb vegetation
- 7. Vegetation of cliffs, screes, poorly developed soils
- 8. Aquatic vegetation
- 9. Wetland habitats: marshes, tall-sedge beds and ephemeral wetland vegetation
- 10. Springs and mires: springs, fens, transitional mires, bogs, bog pine forests, subalpine mires, fen meadows
- 11. Meadows, pastures and heathlands: history of grassland and heathland vegetation, its dynamics and management, main types of meadows, pastures, heathlands and saline habitats
- 12. Synanthropic vegetation: the origin of synanthropic flora, ecology of arable weeds, main types of weed and ruderal vegetation
- Literature
- CHYTRÝ, Milan, Jiří DANIHELKA, Zdeněk KAPLAN and Petr PYŠEK. Flora and vegetation of the Czech Republic. Cham: Springer, 2017, 466 pp. Plant and vegetation 14. ISBN 978-3-319-63180-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63181-3. URL info
- CHYTRÝ, Milan. Vegetation of the Czech Republic: diversity, ecology, history and dynamics. Preslia. Praha: Česká botanická společnost, 2012, vol. 84, No 3, p. 427-504. ISSN 0032-7786. URL info
- 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
- 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 společenstva (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 1. Grassland and heathland vegetation). Praha: Academia, 2007, 526 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-1462-7. URL info
- CHYTRÝ, Milan, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Jiří SÁDLO, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Martin KOČÍ, Petr PETŘÍK, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Zdenka NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK, Štěpánka KRÁLOVÁ, Katrin KARIMOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Lubomír TICHÝ, Dana MICHALCOVÁ, Ondřej HÁJEK and Klára KUBOŠOVÁ. Vegetace České republiky 2. Ruderální, plevelová, skalní a suťová vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 2. Ruderal, weed, rock and scree vegetation). Praha: Academia, 2009, 520 pp. Vegetace České republiky 2. ISBN 978-80-200-1769-7. info
- CHYTRÝ, Milan, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK, Zdeňka HROUDOVÁ, Jana NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Martina ČTVRTLÍKOVÁ, Jiří SÁDLO, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Richard HRIVNÁK, Jaroslav RYDLO, Helena OŤAHEĽOVÁ, Petr BAUER, Petra HANÁKOVÁ, Libor EKRT, Ester EKRTOVÁ, Dana MICHALCOVÁ, Kristýna ŽÁKOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Štěpánka KRÁLOVÁ, Katrin KARIMOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Ondřej HÁJEK and Martin KOČÍ. Vegetace České republiky 3. Vodní a mokřadní vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 3. Aquatic and wetland vegetation). Praha: Academia, 2011, 828 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-1918-9. URL 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
- NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Zdenka, Denisa BLAŽKOVÁ, Vít GRULICH, Miroslava HUSOVÁ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jan JENÍK, Jaroslav JIRÁSEK, Jiří KOLBEK, Zdeněk KROPÁČ, Vojen LOŽEK, Jaroslav MORAVEC, Karel PRACH, Kamil RYBNÍČEK, Eliška RYBNÍČKOVÁ and Jiří SÁDLO. Mapa potenciální přirozené vegetace České republiky. Textová část (Map of potential natural vegetation of the Czech Republic. Explanatory text.). Praha: Academia, 1998, 341 pp. ISBN 80-200-0687-7. info
- CHYTRÝ, Milan, Michal HÁJEK, Martin KOČÍ, Pavel PEŠOUT, Jan ROLEČEK, Jiří SÁDLO, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Jan SYCHRA, Karel BOUBLÍK, Jan DOUDA, Vít GRULICH, Handrij HÄRTEL, Radim HÉDL, Pavel LUSTYK, Jana NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Pavel NOVÁK, Tomáš PETERKA, Alena VYDROVÁ and Karel CHOBOT. Red List of Habitats of the Czech Republic. Ecological Indicators. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER, 2019, vol. 106, NOV 2019, p. 105446-105457. ISSN 1470-160X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105446. URL info
- CHYTRÝ, Milan, Michal HÁJEK, Martin KOČÍ, Pavel PEŠOUT, Jan ROLEČEK, Jiří SÁDLO, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Jan SYCHRA, Karel BOUBLÍK, Jan DOUDA, Vít GRULICH, Handrij HÄRTEL, Radim HÉDL, Pavel LUSTYK, Jana NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Pavel NOVÁK, Tomáš PETERKA, Alena VYDROVÁ and Karel CHOBOT. Červený seznam biotopů České republiky (Red List of Habitats of the Czech Republic). Příroda. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky, 2020, vol. 2020, No 41, p. 1-93. ISSN 1211-3603. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures.
- Assessment methods
- Written exam with 20 open questions: required is knowledge of dominant species, ecology, distribution and dynamics of vegetation types and habitats of the Czech Republic. Bachelor students of Ecological and Evolutionary Biology, specialization Botany, and Master students of Botany or Nature Conservation, specialization Botany are also expected to know species composition of particular vegetation types and habitat affinities of important species of the Czech flora.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/veg-cr/
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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