Animal and human Ecophysiology - MB150P81
Title: Ekofyziologie živočichů a člověka
Czech title: Ekofyziologie živočichů a člověka
Guaranteed by: Department of Physiology (31-152)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Zuzana Starostová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Please note, the lectures are given in czech language only.

The lecture summarizes up-to-date advances in the understanding of physiological mechanisms and selective forces that shape the evolution of adaptations to changes in biotic and abiotic factors of environment with respect to species-specific limits in animals including humans.
Last update: Telenský Petr, Mgr., Ph.D. (13.02.2020)
Literature -

o   Knut  Schmidt-Nielsen: Animal physiology: adaptation and environment  1997

o   Pat Willmer, Graham Stone, Ian Johnston: Environmental physiology of animals 2005

Last update: Telenský Petr, Mgr., Ph.D. (13.02.2020)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam will be written.

Last update: Horníková Daniela, RNDr., Ph.D. (23.01.2023)
Syllabus -

 

Physiological adaptations to environment

Body size and animal energetics

Thermal biology of endotherms and ectotherms

Altitude and low-oxygen environments

Aquatic life

Aerial life

Terrestrial life

UV and ionizing radiation

Adaptations to climate change

Last update: Telenský Petr, Mgr., Ph.D. (13.02.2020)