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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Applied Ecology

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0825/02
Abbreviation AEK
Course title Applied Ecology
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Definition of applied ecology, basic terminology.
2. Ecosystem, community, meta-society; regeneration. Biodiversity.
3. Succession and importance for regeneration.
4. Disturbance and succession, ecotone.
5. Influence and importance of biotic and abiotic factors on the environment (self-regulation, regeneration, self-purification, etc.).
6. Basics of regional biogeography, importance for land rehabilitation.
7. Basics of hydrobiology, revitalization, brownfields and water in the landscape.
8. Basics of phytocenology focusing on ranks important for land rehabilitation (terrestrial ecosystems).
9. Basics of phytocenology focusing on ranks important for land rehabilitation (aquatic ecosystems).
10. Basics of landscape ecology - landscape structure and components
11. Conservation of soil fund, Agricultural Land resources, Forest Land Resources.
12. Negative influences in the landscape, solutions (focus on abandoned areas, waste deposits, demolition areas, sedimentation tanks, dips, etc.).
13. Brownfields - definitions, types of brownfields, ecological characteristics.
14. Basics of Bioindication and Biomonitoring.

Literature

FORMAN, R.T.T. WILSON, E.O. The ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambrige University Press, 1995.
MCPHERSON G.R. DESTEPHANO S. Applied ecology and natural resource management. Cambridge Univ.Press 2003.
MOLLES, M.C. Ecology: Concepts and applications. McGraw Hill, 509 pp.
NEWMAN E.I. Applied Ecology & Environmental Management. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2001.

Advised literature

BUCKLEY, G.P. Biological Habitat Reconstruction. New Jersey , John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1989.
SCHEFFER M. Critical Transitions in Nature and Society. Princeton University Press 2009.
RICKLEFS R. E. A MILLER G. L. Ecology. Freeman and Co., New York 1999.
SANDERSON,J., HARRIS,L.D. Lanscape ecology. CRC Press LLC. Boca Raton, Florida. 246p.