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Course title -
Course code MRS/GULKZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Machar Ivo, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The course focuses on the following topics: Global history of the forest management. Forest ecosystems and timber as a sustainable natural resource. Forest biomes on the Earth and fundamentals of ecology of various biomes. Key environmental issues related to forest biomes. Biom of temperate deciduous forests in details and key principles of sustainable forest management as well as adaptive ecosystem management. Biodiversity of forest ecosystems. Geobiochemical cycles of sulphur, carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen in forest ecosystems, monitoring of matter/energy ecosystem fluxes including phosynthesis and decomposition processes and carbon sequestration. Eutrofication of forest ecosystems, adaptation of forest ecosystems to predictable impacts of global climate change.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Kimmins, J. P. 2004. (2004). Forest Ecology. A Foundation for Sustainable Forest Management.
  • Machar I., Palacká A., Vašíčková P., Matoušková-Prylová L, Wojtylová L., & Vránová O. (2009). Úvod do ekologie lesa a lesní pedagogiky. Skriptum. Olomouc.
  • Machar, I., Remeš, J., Vacek, S. (2014). Kapitoly z aplikované ekologie lesa a péče o lesní ekosystémy.
  • Perry, D. A., Oren, R., & Hart, S. C. (2008). Forest Ecosystems.
  • Rotter, P., Purchart, L. (2022). Ekologie lesa. Jak se les mění a funguje. Brno.


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): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter