Stano Pekár“Populační ekologie živočichů“ dN = Nr dt • Population ecology (Resources, Conditions, Models) • Population growth (Population censuses) • Population structure (Stage/Age life-tables, k-factor analysis) • Temperature models (Degree-days) • Intraspecific competition (Harvesting, Allee effect) • Spatial ecology (Distribution, Dispersal, Metapopulations) • Interspecific competition (Mutualism) • Predation (Functional and numerical responses) • Predation models (Host-pathogen/parasite, Prey-predator, Hostparasitoid, Plant-herbivore) Tkadlec E. 2009. Populační ekologie. Struktura, růst a dynamika populací. Univerzita Palackého. Townsend R.T., Begon M., Harper J.L. 2010. Základy ekologie. Univerzita Palackého. Jarošík V. 2005. Růst a regulace populací. Academia. Akcakaya H.R., Burgman M.A. & Ginzburg L.R. 1999. Applied Population Ecology. Principles and Computer Exercises using RAMAS EcoLab. Sinauer. Alstad D. 2001. Basic POPULUS Models of Ecology. Prentice Hall. Begon M., Mortimer M. & Thompson D.J. 1996. Population Ecology: A unified study of animals and plants. Blackwell. Bernstein R. 2003. Population Ecology. An Introduction o Computer Simulations. Wiley. Gotelli N.J. 2001. A Primer of Ecology. Sinauer. Hastings A. 1997. Population Biology. Concepts and models. Springer. Neal D. 2006. Introduction to Population Biology. Cambridge University Press. Ranta E., Lundberg P. & Kaitala V. 2006. Ecology of Populations. Cambridge. Shultz S.M., Dunham A.E., Root K.V., Soucy S.L., Carroll S.D. & Ginzburg L.R. 1999. Conservation Biology with RAMAS EcoLab. Sinauer. Stevens M.H.H. 2009. A Primer of Ecology with R. Springer. Vandermeer J.H. & Goldberg D.E. 2003. Population Ecology: First principles. Princeton. No. Topics Date 1. Adaptation, fitness and phenotypic plasticity 29.9. 2. Abundance and cycles 29.9. 3. Evolution of sex, sex determination 6.10. 4. Sex ratio 6.10. 5. r- and K- selection 13.10. 6. Geographic variability (temperature, physiological time) 13.10. 7. Intraspecific competition 20.10. 8. Management of endangered species 20.10. 9. Regulation of pests, Sustainable harvesting 3.11. 10. Cooperation, Allee effect 3.11. 11. Dispersal and movement 10.11. 12. Dormancy, navigation, and migration 10.11. 13. Interspecific competition, competitive exclusion principle, apparent competition 24.11. 14. Niche and coexistence (storage effect, heteromyopy, resource partitioning) 24.11. 15. Amensalism, comensalism, mutualism 1.12. 16. Defence against predators (crypsis, mimicry) 1.12. 17. True predators, parasitoids, and host manipulation 18. Herbivores, Parasites and pathogens 1. Demographic study – laboratory, Tenebrio beetles 2. Population growth – laboratory, Acarus mites 3. Trophic niche – field/laboratory, spiders 4. Spatial distribution – field (Hády), coccinellid beetles 5. Population size – field, Porcelio woodlice Study chapters 1 & 2 and the description of a selected project Pekár S. & Kintrová K. 2013. Populační ekologie živočichů v příkladech. MU Brno.