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Course, academic year 2025/2026
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Ecology - MB170P75
Title: Ekologie
Czech title: Ekologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Ecology (31-162)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2022
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. RNDr. Linda Nedbalová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Tomáš Herben, CSc.
doc. RNDr. Linda Nedbalová, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB160P08, MB162P47
Is incompatible with: MB160P08, MB162P47
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Annotation -
The science of ecology. Definition and relationship to evolutionary biology and environmental sciences. Conditions and resources. The match between organisms and their environments. Tolerance, optimum, ecological niche. Basic differences among terrestrial and water ecosystems. Life tables. Net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, generation time, reproductive value. Growth of individual populations. Stability, unstable thresholds; population dynamics in nature; exponential and logistic growth, oscillatory stability and instability, population cycles. Interspecific interactions. Competition, predation, mutualism. Communities. Species diversity, stability, disturbance. Islands, areas and colonization. Ecosystems. The flux of energy and the flux of matter. Man and biosphere. Global changes of environment.
Last update: VSACH (13.04.2005)
Literature -

Colin R. Townsend, Michael Begon, and John L. Harper. Essentials of Ecology, 3rd ed. 2008, Wiley-Blackwell

Last update: Nedbalová Linda, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (23.10.2019)
Requirements to the exam -

Written exam.

We expect that students will go through:

 

(*) topics presented at lectures (see the syllabus)

(*) the book Townsend et al. (in recommended literature)

(*) papers discussed during the lectures

 

Last update: Nedbalová Linda, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (23.10.2019)
Syllabus - Czech

viz přiložené soubory.

Last update: Herben Tomáš, prof. RNDr., CSc. (10.02.2014)
Learning outcomes -

KNOWLEDGE

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

        define basic ecological concepts and distinguish ecology from related disciplines

        explain the concept of ecological niche, tolerance limits, and optimum for organisms

        describe the influence of abiotic factors (temperature, humidity, radiation, salinity, pressure) on organism distribution

        explain population growth models (exponential, logistic) and density-dependent regulation

        describe interspecific interactions (competition, mutualism, predation, parasitism) and their ecological consequences

        explain energy flow through ecosystems, trophic levels, and nutrient cycling (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus)

SKILLS

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

        interpret life tables and fecundity tables, characterize different life history strategies

        analyze predator-prey dynamics and their significance for community structure

        apply the theory of island biogeography and analyze species-area relationships

        evaluate ecological succession and factors affecting species diversity

        quantify energy transfer efficiency and analyze primary and secondary production in ecosystems

COMPETENCES

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

        apply Gause's competitive exclusion principle to predict outcomes of species interactions and coexistence

        evaluate the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem stability

        assess the impact of human activities on the biosphere (eutrophication, fragmentation, biodiversity changes)

        design solutions to practical ecological problems (biodiversity conservation, invasive species management, protected area planning)

        integrate ecological principles to make informed decisions about environmental management

 

Last update: Nedbalová Linda, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (25.01.2026)
 
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