Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Ecology

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0957/02
Abbreviation	EKOd
Course title	Ecology
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Individual and environment
2. Abiotic ecological factors, adaptation of organisms
3. Mineral Plant Nutrition - Microelements - Macroelements. Accessibility and intake of substances. Nitrogen. Mineralization. Phosphorus. Calcium. Serpentinity and Saltwater Ecological Adaptation.
4. Ecology of photosynthesis and production ecology
5. Geographical extension of the organism
6. Environment adaptation and natural selection, Trade-off principle.
7. Life strategies
8. Population in time and space
9. Establishment and development of communities, ecological succession
10. Ecosystem.
11. Environment Variability, Response to Variable Environment
12. Ecological stability
13. The Importance of Biodiversity
14. Equilibrium theory of island biogeography
15. Island effects in a real environment
16. General area isolation problems and reservation management
17. Classification of human ecosystems. Problems of urbanization. Synantroping and Synurbanization
18. Reaction of the organism to pollution. Forms of the body\'s responses. Homeostasis. Stress.
19. Ecological invasion
20. Ecological methodology

Literature

BEGON M., HARPER J. L. & TOWNSEND C. R. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. 4th Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston etc. 2006.
FULBRIGHT, T., HEWITT, D.G. Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications. CRC Press. 2007.
HANSKI I. & GILPIN M. E. Metapopulation Biology. Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution. Academic Press, San Diego etc. 1997.
THOMAS P.A., PACKHAM J.R. Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity. Cambridge University Press. 2007.

Advised literature

KANE K.T., LANGE M.D. Field and laboratory Methods for General Ecology. McGraw-Kill Comp. 1997.
KREBS C.J. Ecological Methodology. 2nd Edition. Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park etc. 1999.
WHITTAKER, R.J., FERNANDEZ-PALACIOS, J.M. Island Biogeography. Ecology: Evolution, and Conservation. Oxford University Press. 2006.
FULBRIGHT, T., HEWITT, D.G. Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications. CRC Press. 2007.

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