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Lecturer(s)
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Traxmandlová Iva, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction. History of Biogeography. 2. Basics of ecology for biogeography. 3. Climate. Zonal and azonal vegetation. Biomes. 4. Tropical and subtropical forests. 5. Temperate forests. Boreal forests. 6. Mediterranean vegetation. Grassland. 7. Tundra. Desert. Caves. 8. Salt ecosystems. Wetlands. Marine ecosystems. 9. Evolution and biogeography. 10. Phytogeographical regions. 11. Zoogeographical regions. 12. Islands. Mountains. Landscape fragmentation. 13. Biogeographical regions in the Czech Republic.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion
- Contact hours
- 13 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| know physical geography at the upper secondary school level |
| know important species groups and plant and animal species distribution at the upper secondary school level |
| know biomes at the upper secondary school level |
| know climate, sea currents, wind systems on the Earth at the upper secondary school level |
| know geological Earth development and its role in phylogenesis of important groups of organisms at the upper secondary school level |
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| be able to understand interdisciplinary relations |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| know main tasks, paradigms, typical questions and disciplines of biogeography |
| know influence of former development including geological, evolutional events, climate, and the Earth rotation on the species distribution |
| know zonal, azonal, and extrazonal biomes including their distribution, physical and biological determinants and typical species |
| know phyto-, zoo- and biogeographical regions including their characteristics |
| know isle theory consequences in the biogeography |
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| characterise biomes |
| characterise phytogeografical and zoogeographical regions |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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Recommended literature
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Brown J.H., Lomolino M.V. Biogeography. Sunderland, 1998.
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Buchar, Jan. Zoogeografie : Vysokošk. učebnice pro přírodověd. fakulty. Praha : SPN, 1983.
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Cox C. B., Moore P. D. Biogeography: an ecological and evolutionary approach. Oxford, 2005.
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Hendrych, Radovan. Fytogeografie. Praha : SPN, 1984.
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Prach K., Štech M., Říha P. Ekologie a rozšíření biomů na Zemi. Praha, 2009.
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Walter, Heinrich; Breckle, Siegmar-Walter. Walter´s vegetation of the Earth : the ecological systems of the geo-biosphere : with 300 figures. Berlin : Springer, 2002. ISBN 3-540-43315-5.
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