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Ornithology II - MB170P63B
Title: Ornitologie II
Czech title: Ornitologie II
Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2019
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: doc. Mgr. Alice Exnerová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Alice Exnerová, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Roman Fuchs, CSc.
Annotation -
Systematic survey of morphology, biology, ecology, behaviour and biogeography of avian taxa with an accent on comparative, evolutionary and ecological approaches.
Last update: Exnerová Alice, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.10.2019)
Literature -

Feduccia A. 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale Univ. Press. New Haven and London.

Gill F. B. 2007: Ornithology. W. H. Freeman and Company. New York.

Gill F. B. & Prum R. O. 2019: Ornithology. W. H. Freeman and Company. New York.

Del Hoyo J., Elliot A., Sargatal J. 1992-2002. Handbook of the birds of the world. Volumes 1 - 7. Lynx Edicions. Barcelona. 

Del Hoyo J., Elliot A., Christie D. 2003-2011. Handbook of the birds of the world. Volumes 8 - 16. Lynx Edicions. Barcelona.

Last update: Exnerová Alice, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2023)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

Zkouška je ústní; rozsah požadovaných znalostí je dán rozsahem přednášky. Studenti mohou využít také doporučenou literaturu.

Last update: Exnerová Alice, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.10.2019)
Syllabus -

Systematic and comparative ornithology. Lectures cover the diversity of avian taxa and concern their phylogeny and systematics, morphological characters, biogeography, reproductive and foraging biology, ecology and behaviour. Please note, the lectures are given in Czech language. English version of the course can be requested in advance if there are at least 5 students. 

Last update: Exnerová Alice, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.10.2019)
 
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