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Introduction to Ecology - MO550P95E
Title: Introduction to Ecology
Guaranteed by: Institute for Environmental Studies (31-550)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:combined
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: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. Mgr. Ing. Jan Frouz, CSc.
Teacher(s): prof. Mgr. Ing. Jan Frouz, CSc.
Incompatibility : MO550P73P
Annotation

Introductory course in ecology in english

The concept of ecosystem

Ecological factors - adaptation of plants and animals (radiation, heat, water, nutrients, pressure...)

(peculiarities of aquatic and terrestrial environments)

Population, basic parameters (birth rate, mortality, population growth, population adaptation, competition, predation, population cycles...

Communities - basic parameters, diversity, dominance, coverage, associability, similarity, succession, stability)

Number of species in a community, island ecology, conservation ecology

Changes in community structure

Community metabolism (production, yield, human influence on populations and communities)
Last update: Frouz Jan, prof. Mgr. Ing., CSc. (11.03.2025)
Literature -

Ricklefs R., 2007: The Economy of Nature,5th ed. W.H. Freeman and Company

Begon M., Harper J.L., Townsend C.R. 1996: Ecology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Sci.

Last update: DAVIDH/NATUR.CUNI.CZ (20.01.2009)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

test a ústní zkouška, test and exam

Last update: Frouz Jan, prof. Mgr. Ing., CSc. (03.04.2012)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to: Understand basic ecological principles and laws Define an ecosystem and describe its main components and processes. Explain key ecological factors (radiation, heat, water, nutrients, pressure) and their impact on organisms. Compare the specifics of aquatic and terrestrial environments from an ecological perspective. Analyze the dynamics of populations and communities Characterize basic population parameters (birth rate, mortality, growth, adaptation, competition, predation). Explain the principles of population cycles and interactions between species. Describe the composition and structure of communities (diversity, dominance, cover, stability, succession). Apply the concepts of island ecology to the issue of nature conservation. Evaluate changes in ecosystems and human impact Analyze changes in community structure in time and space. Explain community metabolism (production, yield) and its relationship to energy flows. Assess the impact of human activity on populations and ecosystems and discuss measures to protect them.
Last update: Frouz Jan, prof. Mgr. Ing., CSc. (11.03.2025)
 
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