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Lecturer(s)
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Majeský Luboš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Ondřej Vladan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Plant distribution areas including endemism, relicts. Factor affecting population, reproduction strategies, dissemination, genetic diversity. Crops origin and their domestication processes.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
- Attendace
- 2 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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the patterns of worldwide distribution of plant species
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - Recall the terminology of phytogeography, ecology and evolutionary biology. - Explain the trends of Plant distribution on Earth, the spatial and temporal consequences, interactions among organisms and the environment. - Explain the major abiotic (climatic) factors influencing the plant distribution on Earth (water and temperature). - Explain the impact of human civilization on plant invasions, crop origin and their domestication.
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Prerequisites
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Elementary knowledge in Botany, Geography, genetics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
knowledge in extent of the lectures
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Recommended literature
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Cox, C. (1993). Biogeography. An ecological and evolutionary approach..
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Lomolino, M. V., Riedle, B. R. et Brown, J. K. (2006). Biogeography.
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