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Course: Ecology

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Course title Ecology
Course code CBG/EKOO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Valenta Libor, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction: hierarchical structure, disciplines, history, Earth, energy, ecosystem (trophic groups of organisms), food chains. 2. Organism and environment: life, historical influences, distribution of organisms on Earth, the islands, the environment (separation of organisms due to their occurrence, environmental factors-conditions and resources, ecological niche). Periodicity and biorhythms. 3. Abiotic factors: climate, light, air. 4. Abiotic factors: pressure, soil, relationship of organisms to individual factors. 5. Resources, strategies, population: food (supply, defense), trade-off and life strategies, demecology (static and dynamic demographic characteristics). 6. Population ecology: dynamics and its factors, growth models, population cycles, limiting population growth, relationships between populations. 7. The Community: synecology, natural and artificial biocenosis, characteristics of communities (biodiversity, dominance, trophic structure), stratification, succession, the theory of island biogeography, invasion. 8. Ecosystems: biosphere, natural and artificial ecosystems, biomes (terrestrial, aquatic). 9. Biogeography: areal, biogeographical regions. 10. Biogeochemical cycles: biocycles of elements, hydrological cycle, eutrophication. 11. Human Ecology: Homo sapiens sapiens, historical development, threats to biodiversity and man, man and the environment (air, water, soil, waste, environmental disasters). 12. Environmental protection: global devastation, organizations in environment protection, protection of biodiversity, protected areas in the world and in the Czech Republic, biosphere reservations 13. The basic of Landscape ecology, applied ecology, agroecology, space ecology. Statistical data in ecology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
know ecology at the upper secondary school level
know environmental protection at the upper secondary school level
know biological terminology at the upper secondary school level
Skills
be able to relate information from different fields
be able to understand relations among living organisms
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
know generally used terms in ecology
know influence of ecological factors at living organisms
know levels of ecological hierarchy
know human ecology
Skills
know how to present ecology to other persons
understand and correctly interpret ecological questions
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Competences
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Project
Test
Skills
Oral exam
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Begon, Michael. Ekologie : jedinci, populace a společenstva. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1997. ISBN 80-7067-695-7.
  • Berger J. Učebnice středoškolské ekologie. České Budějovice, 1998.
  • Kvasničková, Danuše. Základy ekologie : [učebnice pro 9. ročník základní školy a pro střední školy]. 2. vyd. Praha : Fortuna, 2001. ISBN 80-7168-758-8.
  • Laštůvka, Z. - Krejčová, P. Ekologie. Konvoj Brno, 2000.
  • Štorch, D. - Mihulka, S. Základy současné ekologie. Portál Praha, 2000.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 24.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026