PřF:Bi8170 Flora of the Czech Republic - Course Information
Bi8170 Flora of the Czech Republic
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2010
- 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. - Timetable
- Wed 11:00–12:50 BR4
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( Bi7580 Phytogeography || B7580 Phytogeography )&&( Bi6671 Field course of Czech flora || B6671 Field course of Czech flora ||NOW( Bi6671 Field course of Czech flora ))&&(! B8170 Flora of the Czech Republic )
- 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
- Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Botany)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives are:
to introduce to basic principles which forming the flora of the Czech Republic;
to analyze cause for endemism;
to understand relics of glacial and/or early postglacial periods;
to show problems of migration ways of xerotherm species during florogenesis;
to develop basic characteristic of flora and vegetation of Czech regions. - Syllabus
- Endemics in the Flora of the Czech Republic (types of endemismus, 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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