Industrial Ecology

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0906/01
Abbreviation	PREK
Course title	Industrial Ecology
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

- Abiotic ecological factors, adaptation of organisms. Biotic factors.
- Importance of photosynthesis and production ekology for restoration of human-influenced ecosystems in industrial landscapes.
- Basic ecological connections related to individual-species-population-community-ecosystem.
- Biogenic components in these systems: lithosphere-pedosphere-hydrosphere-atmosphere-phytosphere-zoosphere-micro-organosphere including anthropic influences.
- Environment adaptation and natural selection, Trade-off principle. Life strategies in industrial landscape.
- Environment Variability, Response to Variable Environment. Succession.
- Ecological stability. The Importance of Biodiversity for landscape restoration.
- Classification of human ecosystems. Problems of urbanization. Synantroping and Synurbanization.
- Reaction of the organism to pollution. Forms of the body's responses. Homeostasis. Stress.
- Ecological invasions.

Literature

BEGON M., HARPER J. L. & TOWNSEND C. R. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. 4th Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston etc. 2006.
HILTY, J.A., LIDICKER W.Z., ADINA M. Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. Island Press. 2006.
FRIEDMAN, B. Environmental ecology. The ecological effects of pollution, disturbance and other stresses. Secon edition. California (USA), Academic Press, San Diego, 1995.
FULBRIGHT, T., HEWITT, D.G. Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications. CRC Press. 2007.

Advised literature

BUCKLEY, G.P. Biological Habitat Reconstruction. New Jersey , John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1989, 224 s. .
Kay, J.J. Kibert, C.; Sendzimir, J.; Guy, B. (eds.). On Complexity Theory, Exergy and Industrial Ecology: Some Implications for Construction Ecology. Construction Ecology: Nature as the Basis for Green Buildings: 72–107. 2002.
KREBS C.J. Ecological Methodology. 2nd Edition. Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park etc. 1999.
MCPHERSON G.R., DESTEPHANO S. Applied ecology and natural resource management. Cambridge Univ.Press 2003.

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