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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Field course in ecology - MB162T02
Title: Terénní cvičení z ekologie
Czech title: Terénní cvičení z ekologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Ecology (31-162)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, C [TS]
Capacity: 120
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Level: basic
Explanation: 20bMB162T02x01 - I. turnus 7. - 12. 6. 2026,20bMB162T02x02 - II. turnus 13. - 18. 6. 2026
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Ondřej Sedláček, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Zuzana Münzbergová, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Linda Nedbalová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Ondřej Sedláček, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB162T08
Is incompatible with: MB162T08
Annotation -
Ecology Field course is intended namely for Bc. students, though it may be suitable for any ecologically oriented MSc. grade program. The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to ecological field research, and - perhaps more significantly - to perceive the natural systems, communities and organisms as research objects allowing to formulate sound hypotheses and to verify them.
The course is task-based, accenting the student's activities in field. The tasks are of two kinds: (i) optional, i.e. each group of 2-3 students will choose one task from those available (see the syllabus), and will follow this task during the course, i.e. 3-4 (5) days. Results will be presented the last (5th) day. In parallel, each group will "taste" each of the (ii) obligatory tasks, which will be demonstrated daily, to see also the other kinds of ecological field work.
Last update: VSACH (13.04.2005)
Literature -

Wetzel, R.G., Likens, G.E. (2000): Limnological analysis. Springer-Verlag, New York, 429 pp

Last update: Sacherová Veronika, RNDr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)
Requirements to the exam -

Active participation, protocol from the project and presentation of the project.

Last update: Sacherová Veronika, RNDr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)
Syllabus -

Duration: 5-6 days

Capacity: 30 students in two courses at maximum (60 in total)

Living expenses are partially subsidized though do not expect miracles.

Supervising team: Martin Černý, Vojta Jarošík, David Storch, Zuzana Munzbergová, Ondřej Sedláček, Veronika Sacherová, Linda Nedbalová, Zuzana Hořická

Current projects are described at http://www.natur.cuni.cz/ekologie/doc/vyuka/TCE-info.html

Last update: VSACH (06.06.2005)
Learning outcomes -

After completing the course, the student:

· formulates ecological questions and hypotheses based on field observations of organisms and the environment and suggests ways to verify them in real field conditions.

· plans and implements a basic field ecological investigation focused on a selected model group of organisms or environments (birds, plants, invertebrates, aquatic environments) with regard to the research goal, available time and logistical constraints.

· independently collects, records and organizes field data, works in a small research group and reflects on the practical limits of field research (environmental variability, weather, availability of organisms).

· applies basic ecological methods and approaches appropriate to the chosen task and distinguishes between demonstration and own research investigations.

· processes and analyses the obtained data, interprets the results in relation to the original hypotheses and critically evaluates their informativeness and uncertainties.

· connects partial knowledge from various ecological disciplines (population, community, ecosystem ecology) when interpreting field data.

· presents the results of fieldwork in the form of an oral presentation and a written protocol, formulates goals, methods, results and discussion in a structured way.

· develops the ability to think about nature through the eyes of an ecologist-researcher, not just as an observer or user of ready-made methods.

Last update: Sedláček Ondřej, RNDr., Ph.D. (26.01.2026)
 
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