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Course: Complex Field Trip

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Course title Complex Field Trip
Course code ZOO/KOMEX
Organizational form of instruction Excursion
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hroneš Michal, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Čelechovský Alois, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Kundrata Robin, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The three-day field trip will be located into selected localities in Moravia. Students will be introduced to modern and common biomonitoring methods, identification and work with selected members of fauna and flora. Students will improve their knowledge on classification and ecology of animals and plants and they will try to determine selected important taxa using zoological and botanical keys. Taxonomically, ecologically and economically important taxa and basic types of biotopes with their characteristic fauna and flora will be presented to students.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Students will be introduced to different collecting methods, determination of selected animals and plants, important diagnostic characters of common, endangered and economically important taxa and their ecological characteristics.
After passing this course, student would be able to: - use different methods of field work - know the classification of animals and plants - use identification keys - determine selected important taxa - describe the biology and ecology of selected taxa - know the basic types of biotopes with their characteristic fauna and flora
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of biology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

Presence: 100%, passing an exam: detailed notes from all field trips, identification and systematic placements of selected taxa.
Recommended literature
  • Zoologické a botanické klíče a atlasy.
  • Adler, W., & Fischer, M. A. (1994). Exkursionsflora von Österreich: Bestimmungsbuch für alle in Österreich wildwachsenden sowie die wichtigsten kultivierten Gefäßpflanzen (Farnpflanzen und Samenpflanzen) mit Angaben über ihre Ökologie und Verbreitung. Stutgart: Eugen Ulmer.
  • Hudec, K. a kolektiv. (2007). Příroda České republiky. Průvodce faunou.. Academia, Praha.
  • Hůrka, K., & Brantlová, S. (1996). Carabidae of the Czech and Slovak Republics =: Carabidae České a Slovenské republiky. Zlín: Kabourek.
  • Hůrka, K., Slamka, F., Boukal, D., & Kabourek, V. (2005). Brouci České a Slovenské republiky =: Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Zlín: Nakladatelství Kabourek.
  • Chinery, M. (2005). Collins complete guide to British insects. London: Collins.
  • Jocqué, R., & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2007). Spider families of the world. Tervuren: Museé royal de l'Afrique centrale.
  • Kolibáč, J., Hudec, K., Laštůvka, Z., Peňáz, M. a kolektiv. (2019). Příroda České republiky. Průvodce faunou. Academia, Praha. 468 s.
  • Kubát, K. a kol. (2002). Klíč ke květeně ČR. Praha: Academia.
  • Novák, K. (Ed.). (1969). Metody sběru a preparace hmyzu. Academia, Praha.
  • Schauff, M. E. (2004). Collecting and preserving insects and mites: techniques and tools. USDA.
  • Štěpánková, J., Chrtek, J., Kaplan, Z., Štěpánková, J., Batoušek, P., Skoumalová-Hadačová, A., & Smrčinová, E. (2010). Květena České republiky. Praha: Academia.
  • Winkler, J.R. (1974). Sbíráme hmyz a zakládáme entomologickou sbírku. Praha, SZN.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Teaching Training in Biology for Secondary Schools (2019) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 03.11.2025 23:58. Data created for academic year 2025/2026