Course detail
Ecology
FCH-BC_EKAcad. year: 2021/2022
The objective of the course is to give attendants common information from ecology. Structure of the course is following: Introduction to ecology - content and objectives, ecology subsections and relation to the other subjects, ecological niche - fundamental and realized; ecological media and ecological factors of environment; ecological valence and adaptation; ecological soil, water and air characteristics ( their effect on the life of organisms); population ecology - demecology, main attributes of the population (natality, mortality, abundance, density, age structure, sex index) intraspecific relations (teritoriality, competetion, concurention) interspecific relations; communities - biocoenosis, its characteristics, classificacion and structure; ecosystem - productivity and production, food chains, ecosystem stability, important ecosystems and structure of their biocoenosis; biogeography of Earth; landscape ecology, biosphere, man and the biosphere.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Learning outcomes of the course unit
1. Students will acquire basic knowledge about the environmental compertments and ecosystem functioning.
2. Students will understand the relations between abiotic and biotic components of the environment.
3. Students will know the basic biogeochemical cycles and will realize the context of transport and fate of anthropogenic pollutants
4. Students will be able to apply acquired knowledge in the field of environmental protection.
5. Students will have a good theoretical background for other courses, especially for environmental chemistry and technology.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Organism and environmental, terms (biotope, ecotypes, territory, habitat, niche. . . ).
3. Kinds of organisms, ecological rules.
4. Ecological factors, abiotic and biotic, intensity of factors, bioindicators.
5. Biosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere - relationship to the alive organisms.
6. Biogeochemical cycles, exchange of substances between geospheres.
7. Population, definitions, main attributes of population, relationships between individuals of a given population, interaction of population and environment.
8. Biocoenosis, synecology - definition, main characteristics of biocoenosis, food chains, trophic levels.
9. Relationships between populations (symbiosis, competition, parasitism, etc.)
10. Ecosystem, ecosystem functioning, stages of ecosystem development - climax, succession.
11. Anthropogenic changes in the cycle of elements (human intervention in the geochemical regime of the Earth).
12.Biogeography, man and the biosphere.
13. Landscape ecology.
Work placements
Aims
Mastering the terminology in the field of ecology and knowledge of ecosystem functioning and coherence relations between its various components enable students to better understand the continuity in other related subjects such as environmental chemistry.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Pelikán, J. Přehled obecné ekologie, VFU Brno, 1993. (CS)
Palatý, J., Paleček, J.: Základy ekologie. VŠCHT Praha, 1992 (CS)
Begon,M.- Harper,J.- Townsend,C: Ekologie, jedinci, populace a společenstva, Olomouc: Universita J.Palackého, 1986 - 949 s. (CS)
LOSOS, B. a kol Ekologie živočichů. Praha, 1985 (CS)
Recommended literature
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPCP_AAEFCH Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_AAEFCH Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Elearning