Conducted in
term:
Winter Semester 2019/20
Winter Semester 2019/20
ECTS credits:
4
Organized by:
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Landscape ecology IS-FCEE-00075
Description:
Elements of the landscape, geo-components, geo-complexes, natural spatial units and its mutual relationships. Model of patches, corridors and landscape backgrounds. The functioning of ecological corridors. Biogeographic theory of islands, habitat islands, the concept of metapopulation. The functioning of the habitat patches of different size and shape. Boundaries and barriers in the landscape. Influence of the spatial structure of the landscape on the functioning of plant and animal populations. Transformation and evolution of the landscape. Methods of the analysis of the spatial pattern of the landscape.
Requirements:
The students should have passed the subjects: Ecology