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Methods of Ecosystem Studies

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0494/03
Abbreviation MSE
Course title Methods of Ecosystem Studies
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the study of ecosystems.
2. Design of biological and ecological research I.
3. Design of biological and ecological research II.
4. Biological indicators and biomonitoring.
5. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of lower plants.
6. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of higher plants.
7. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of terrestrial invertebrate animals.
8. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of freshwater invertebrate animals.
9. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of terrestrial vertebrates.
10. Selected aspects of the study of populations and communities of freshwater vertebrates.
11. Recording and processing of biological and ecological data.
12. Evaluation and interpretation of biological and ecological data.
13. Software tools for processing biological, ecological and environmental data.

Literature

SALA, O. E., R. B. JACKSON, H. A. MOONEY and R. W. HOWARTH (Eds.) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, 2000. 421 p. ISBN 978-1-4612-1224-9 
SPELLERBERG, I. F. Monitoring Ecological Change. New Zealand: Lincoln University, 2005. 412 p. ISBN 9780521527286 
SOUTHWOOD, T. R. E. and P. A. HENDERSON Ecological Methods. Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. 575 p. ISBN 10: 0632054778
LINDDENMAYER, D. B. and G. E. LIKENS Effective Ecological Monitoring. Routledge, 2010. 184 p. ISBN 10: 1849711453

Advised literature

STEVENS, M. H. A Primer of Ecology with R. Springer, 2009. 401 p. ISBN-13: 978-0387898810 
TOWNSEND, C. R., M. BEGON, M. and J. L. HARPER, J. L. Essentials of Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. 532 p. ISBN-13: 978-1405156585 
SCHWOERBEL, J. Methods of Hydrobiology (Freshwater Biology). Elsevier, 210 p. ISBN 978-0-08-006604-2 
PEDROTTI, F. Plant and Vegetation Mapping (Geobotany Studies). Springer, 2013. 294 p. ISBN-13: 978-3642302343 


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