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Animal and human Ecophysiology - MB150P81

Title:	Ekofyziologie živočichů a člověka
Czech title:	Ekofyziologie živočichů a člověka
Guaranteed by:	Department of Physiology (31-152)
Faculty:	Faculty of Science
Actual:	from 2021
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:	Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Zuzana Starostová, Ph.D. Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

Please note, the lectures are given in czech language only.

The lecture summarizes up-to-date advances in the understanding of physiological mechanisms and selective forces that shape the evolution of adaptations to changes in biotic and abiotic factors of environment with respect to species-specific limits in animals including humans.

Literature -

Last update: Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

o Knut Schmidt-Nielsen: Animal physiology: adaptation and environment 1997

o Pat Willmer, Graham Stone, Ian Johnston: Environmental physiology of animals 2005

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: RNDr. Daniela Horníková, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

The exam will be written.

Syllabus -

Last update: Mgr. Petr Telenský, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

Physiological adaptations to environment

Body size and animal energetics

Thermal biology of endotherms and ectotherms

Altitude and low-oxygen environments

Aquatic life

Aerial life

Terrestrial life

UV and ionizing radiation

Adaptations to climate change