B9170 Mammalogy

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
B2090 System phylogeny vertebrates || B5060 Zoology of vertebrates ||B4810||B3500|| B2220 Dental anthropology ||BX810|| Ex_3647 Systém a ekologie obratlovců || Ex_3652 Systém a fylogeneze obratlovců || Ex_3653 Systém a fylogeneze strunatců || Ex_3655 Systém a fylogeneze živočichů || Ex_3927 Zoologie obratlovců || Imp_9176 Systém a fylogeneze obratlovců ||SOUHLAS
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
Survey of the world Mammalian fauna, except Central European Mammals. Characteristics of subclasses, orders and families; only brief synopses in both Chiroptera and Primates, since the orders are subject of special courses (chiropterology, primatology). Distribution patterns and major ecological adaptations of Mammals. Selected (model) species, descriptions, habitats, life strategies, foraging, reproduction. Survey of methods to study Mammalian populations, guilds and communities.
Syllabus
  • Mammalian characteristics and comparison to other vertebrate and chordate animals. Phylogenetic (cladistic) analysis and mammalian taxonomy. Essentials of morphology: skin, hair, mammary glands, skull, axial skeleton, limbs and girdles, muscular system. Mammalian brain, endocrine secretion, neuro-humoral steering. Sense organs, macro- and microsmatic mammals, vision, hearing echo- and hydrolocation. Digestive system, mammalian teeth, tribosphenic molar structure and its evolution, stomach and intestine, herbivore specializations (foregut and hindgut fermeters). Respiratory system, sound production. Mammalian heart, circulatory system, endothermy. Urogenital system, three major types of mammalian reproduction, placental types, pre- and postnatal ontogeny, altricial and precocial young, parent-clingers. Mammalian ecology, niche, major ecological factors. Coping with cold, hypothermia, hibernation and related phenomena. Ecology of reproduction, population ecology, fluctuation in numbers, cycles and overcrowding, r-K selection. Function of mammals in ecosystems, biodiversity, endangerment, conservation of mammals and their habitats. Behaviour, mammals as models in reflexology, behaviorism, classical European ethology, sociobiology and behavioural ecology. Sexual, social and other systems of behaviour, play, imprinting, conditioning and other adaptive processes. Mammalian phylogeny, synapsid origins, mesozoic mammals, cenozoic radiation of therians. Survey of recent mammals: Prototheria, Matatheria, Eutheria (Placentalia).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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