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Ecology O12206
Course content:
The laws of Ecology.
Levels of biological organization.
Life and the physical environment. Adaptation to aquatic and terrestrial environments. Habitat and ecological niche. Ecological tolerance of individuals.
Population genetics.
Population ecology. Population structures. Temporal and spatial dynamics of populations.
Biocoenosis ecology. The structure and organization of biocoenosis.
Ecosystem: spatial and trophic structure. The food chains, food webs and food levels. Energy and matter in the ecosystem. Primary and secondary production. Pathways of elements in the ecosystem.
Plant geography and animal geography. Main biomes of the world.
Applied ecology.
The classification of vegetation in Poland. Systematic review of plant communities of Poland.
Learning outcomes:
Recognition of the relationship between life forms and a set of biotic, edaphic and climatic factors. Ability to identify environmental threats.
(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
1. student has knowledge of the structure and functioning of populations, biocoenosis and ecosystem
2. recognizes and understands the relationship between abiotic environment and organisms; understands bioindication term
3. know how to identify environmental threatened and know how to prevent them
4. know how to identify plant communities and diagnostic species of habitat types (in the context of Natura 2000 habitats)
5. know how to choose and use the research methods used in phytosociology
6. know how to work in a team
Bibliography
a) basic references:
Krebs C. J. 2008. Ecology: the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance. Benjamin/Cumnings Pub Co.
Mackenzie A., Ball A.S., Virdee S.R. 2001. Ecology. Bios Scientific Pub Ltd.
b) supplementary references:
Begon M., Mortimer M., Thompson D.J. 1996.Population ecology - a unified study of animals and plants. Blackwell Science, Oxford.