Bi2210 Information sources in botany

Faculty of Science
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Tue 12:00–13:50 online_B2
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi1000 Introd. to study of ecol. biol
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
Improvement of the effectivity of literary research is a main aim of introduction to the botanical literature. Students are informed about the use of basic botanical compendia. Internet attainability of these compendia is accented in addition to their classical book form. Due to the character of botany, the regional aspect of literary research is accentuated in addition to more general sources. Assigned homework requires the practical use of these compendia.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- effectively perform bibliographic recherche on basic types of botanical research;
- search relevant data on geographic distribution, chromosome counts, genome sizes, DNA sequences across the angiosperms or higher plants;
- perform basic types of scientometric analyzes in relation to person, scientific institution or periodicals;
- use standard plant nomenclature guides and floras
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic terms: research of literature, types of literary citations; 2-3. International botanical or biological bibliographies (Current Contents; Web of Science; Excerpta botanica; Bibliographia Phytosociologica Syntaxonomica; Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature; AGRICultural OnLine Access; w3Tropicos; Taxonomic Literature; Thesaurus literaturae botanicae); 4. Czech botanical bibliographies: Futák & Domin; Bibliographia botanica čechoslovaca; Bibliographia syntaxonomica čechoslovaca, Bibliografie chráněných částí přírody v ČR, regionální botanické bibliografie); 5-7. European and Czech Floras (Flora europaea; Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa; Hejný et Slavík; Dostál; Polívka, Domin a Podpěra; Podpěra; Polívka; Formánek; Oborny; Čelakovský; Rohrer & Mayer; Presl brothers; Pohl; Schmidt; Floras of adjacent countries); 8. World plant surveys (Die Natürlichen Pflanzen-Familien; Das Pflanzenreich; Watson and M. J. Dallwitz - The Families of Flowering Plants on line; Project Species Plantarum - Flora of the World); 9. Nomenclatural catalogues (Index Kewensis - book and internet version; w3Tropicos, project Global plant checklist, Gray Card Index; Index of Fungi; Index muscorum; Index of New Names of Syntaxa; Species 2000 - Indexing the Worlds known species; Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera); 10. Global and regional surveys of botanists (Authors of plant names; Taxonomic Literature ...); 11. Karyological surveys, genomic and sequence plant databases (Index to plant chromosome numbers; IOPB Chromosome reports; C-value database; GenBank NCBI ...); 12. Phytogeographical compendia (Vergleichende Chorologie der Zentraleuropaischen Flora; Atlas Florae Europaeae; Index holmiensis; Fytokartografické syntézy ...) 13. Other universal botanical compendia (Hegnauer: Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen; Metcalfe: Anatomy of monocotyledons; Walters & al.: The european garden flora).
Literature
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
lecture / practical courses
Assessment methods
lecture, class discussion, individual projects, excursion to library, homeworks, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, 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 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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