HEN442 Introduction to Biology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D. (lecturer), Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Dana Pantůčková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 U43
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
The main objectives of the course are the following:
to acquainte students with the basics of botany with respect to the nature and landscape conservation and to the endangered species; to identify the causes of endangerement and possibilities of their protection.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain range of topics ranking from the population biology of species, methods of time and space vegatation changes to vegetation data analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, brief review of the history of botany as a science. Introduction to morphology, plant adaptation.
  • 2. Histology - plexus, functions. Morphology - plant organs - root.
  • 3. Morphology - plant organs - stem, leaf, flower, inflorescence, fruit, seed distribution.
  • 4. Photosynthesis - principles, chlorophyle, plant adaptation C3, C4 aCAM).
  • 5. Plant system.
  • 6. Population ecology - Onosma visianii, Globularia punctata.
  • 7. Phytocenology. natural and semi-natural vegetation types.
  • 9. Phenology, plant migration, plant invasion.
  • 10. Endangered species, conservation management.
  • 11. Plant conservation in urbanised landscape.
Literature
  • KUBÁT, Karel. Botanika. 2. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 2003, 231 s., [1. ISBN 80-7183-266-9. info
  • PYŠEK, Petr and Lubomír TICHÝ. Rostlinné invaze (Plant invasions). Brno: Rezekvítek, 2001, 40 pp. ISBN 80-902954-4-4. info
  • VICHEREK, Jiří, Vladimír ANTONÍN, Jiří DANIHELKA, Vít GRULICH, Bronislav GRUNA, Zbyněk HRADÍLEK, Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Petr VAMPOLA and Alois VÁGNER. Flóra a vegetace na soutoku Moravy a Dyje (Flora and vegetation at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 362 pp. ISBN 80-210-2386-4. info
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods
Lectures, seminar paper on the conservation of selected species, written examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2014.
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