Course: Applied Geoecology and Environmental Geography

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Course title Applied Geoecology and Environmental Geography
Course code KGG/KAGEG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lehnert Michal, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Erlebach Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course covers the following topics: landscape potential, landscape and ecosystem services, habitat suitability for biodiversity and its modeling, quantification of landscape structure, landscape connectivity and ecological network planning, anthropogenic impacts on the landscape and methods for their assessment, climate change, manifestations and impacts of climate change, climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change, soil degradation, and case studies of environmental problems.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 63 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 57 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course will prepare students to analyze and evaluate environmental changes in urban, suburban, and rural landscapes, particularly in the context of climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. Students will learn to work with field and secondary data, instrumentation, and GIS tools, and how to apply them in the design of adaptation, planning, and conservation measures.
Students will understand environmental changes across various landscape types and learn the basics of their assessment and modelling.
Prerequisites
Knowledge covering the general geographical disciplines of a bachelor's degree program in geography.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Knowledge covered in lectures, seminars, and the assigned literature. Completion of seminar papers.
Recommended literature
  • Burkhard, B. & Maes, J. (2017). Burkhard, B. & Maes, J.. Sofia.
  • Collinge, S. & Forman, R. T. T. (2009). Ecology of fragmented landscapes.
  • Drew, C. A., Wiersma, Y. F. & Huettmann, F. eds. (2011). Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology. New York.
  • Francis, R. A., Milington, J. D. A., Perry, G. L. W. & Minor, E. S. (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology (1st ed.). New York. 2022.
  • Gergel, S. E. & Turner, M. G. (eds.). Learning landscape ekology: a practical guide to concepts and techniques. Second edition. 2017.
  • Grunewald, K. & Bastian, O. (eds.). (2015). Ecosystem services ? concept, methods and case studies. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Janík, T., Zýka, V. & Romportl, D. (eds.). (2023). Atlas změn krajiny ve velkoplošných zvláště chráněných územích 1950?2020. Průhonice.
  • Lindenmayer, D. & Fischer, J. (2007). Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis.
  • Lipský, Z. Sledování změn v kulturní krajině: učební text pro cvičení z předmětu Krajinná ekologie. Praha.
  • McGarigal K., Cushman S. A. & Stafford S. G. (2000). Multivariate statistics for wildlife and ecology research. New York.
  • Romportl D. (ed.). (2017). Atlas fragmentace a konektivity terestrických ekosystémů v České republice. Praha.
  • Šarapatka, B. (2014). Pedologie a ochrana půdy. Olomouc.


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