Course: Mediterranean Fauna and Vegetation

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Course title Mediterranean Fauna and Vegetation
Course code CBG/EXME
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Chocholoušková Zdeňka, RNDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Cholevová Veronika, Mgr.
  • Jízbová Michaela, Mgr.
  • Vágnerová Petra, Mgr.
  • Mergl Michal, Prof. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Excursion to Mediterranean area. Marine fauna and flora (marine invertebrates, fishes, birds, algae). Ecological zonation of rocky coast and beaches. Mediterranean flora (macchia, steppes, ruderal flora) and its origin. Extreme biotopes (salt marshes, brackish lagoons). Mediterranean crops. Invasive species in Mediterranean area.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture with visual aids, Field trip
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 6 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 8 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
know systematic zoology and botany at secondary school level
known principes of ecology of plants
known principes of biogeography
Skills
be able to use various technical instruments (lens, telescope, net) and be able to document the biological objects (by camera etc.)
be able to use field guides in English, French or German languages
Competences
N/A
N/A
be able to pass longer field trip
learning outcomes
Knowledge
known principal and model marine and terrestric species of the Mediterrenan fauna and flora
be familiar with the environmental crisis in the Mediterranean in the Antic time and their impact upto recent.
know economically and historically important species of Mediterranean plants
Skills
know how to use special biological instruments in field praxis and documentary purposes
determine foreign and non-native organisms with use of foreign field guides and web databases
know to explain cause of ecological changes due climatic or human activity causes
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Laboratory work
Field trip
assessment methods
Test
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Bergbauer, Matthias; Humberg, Bernd. Co žije ve Středozemním moři? : určovací příručka pro amatérské potápěče. Dotisk 1. českého vyd. Praha : Václav Svojtka & Co., 2002. ISBN 80-7237-310-2.
  • Motyčka, Vladimír; Roller, Zdeněk. Bezobratlí. (1) : všechny skupiny kromě hmyzu. 1. vyd. Praha : Albatros, 2001. ISBN 80-00-00884-X.


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