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Engineering Ecology

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Course Unit Code546-0495/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
STA35doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
Summary
Production ecology. Principles and processes of photosynthesis. Plant and environment. Fitness. Autecology and synecology. Human ecology.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Engineering Ecology disseminates till now obtained knowledge (in the bachelor
study). Students must know and understand ecological processes in ecosystems and their components.The study of Ecology will be linked with ecological physiology, evolutionary ecology and biosystematics. Applications and argumentations. Determination of CR flora.
Course Contents
Production ecology. Principles and processes of photosynthesis. Plant and environment. Fitness. Autecology a nd synecology. Human ecology.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BEGON M.,HARPER J.L.,TOWNSEND C.R.: Ecology -individuals, populations and commnunities. Blackwell Scien. Publ., 2006.
BROWER J., VON ENDE C.N. Field and laboratory methods for general ecology. McGraw-Hill. 2010.
PARDO S., PARDO M. Statistical Methods for Field and Laboratory Studies in Behavioral Ecology. Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Environmental Statistics. 2018.
SMITH R.L., SMITH T.M. Elements of Ecology. Pearson. 2015.

BEGON, M., J. L. HARPER a C. R.TOWNSEND. Ekologie: Jedinci, populace a společenstva. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1997. ISBN 80-7067-695-7
LACHER, W. Fyziologická ekologie rostlin. Praha: Academia, 1988. ISBN 21-102-88
MÍCHAL, I. Ekologická stabilita. Brno: Veronica, 1994. 244 s. ISBN 80-8536-822-6
BEGON, M., J. L. HARPER a C. R. TOWNSEND. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Commnunities. Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4051-1117-8
Recommended Reading:
LARCHER, W. Physiological plant ecology. Berlin: Springer, 2003
KREBS C.J. Ecological Methodology. 2nd Edition. Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park etc. 1999.
RICKLEFS R. Ecology: The Economy of Nature. WH Freeman. 2018.
GLIESSMAN S.R. Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems. CRC Press. 2015.
STORCH, D. a S. MIHULKA. Úvod do současné ekologie. Praha: Portál, 2000. 160 s. ISBN 80-7178-462-1
LAŠTŮVKA, Z. a P. KREJČOVÁ. Ekologie. Brno: Konvoj, 2000. 185 s. ISBN 80-85615-93-2
CHYTRÝ M. a kol. Katalog biotopů České republiky. Praha: AOPK, 2010. 304 s. ISBN 978-80-87457-02-3
LAECHER, W. Physiological Plant Ecology. Springer, 2003. 513 s. ISBN 978-3-540-43516-6
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34