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Course code: BHS10019f13Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: GLOBAL ECOLOGY
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 33
Lecturer: dr Elżbieta Kowalska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W01 - knows the basic concepts and techniques of ecological research [BH1_W01; R1A_W01; BH1_W16; R1A_W06]; W02 - understands the rules regulating the functioning of ecological systems at different nature organization [BH1_W01; R1A_W01; BH1_W16; R1A_W06]; W03 – is able to link environmental factors with their influence on the structure and functioning of organisms in the forming of ecological systems [BH1_W06; R1A_W03; BH1_W16; R1A_W06; BH1_W17; R1A_W06]; W04 - understands the importance of the human activities impact on earth ecosystems [BH1_W16; R1A_W06]. Skills: Student: U01 - analyses basic ecological definitions, structures and functioning of biological systems at the population, biocoenosis, ecosystem, landscape and biosphere level [BH1_U01; R1A_U01; R1A_U03]; U02 - is able to determine the relations between organisms and their environment [BH1_U01; R1A_U01; R1A_U03]; U03 – correctly interprets the ecological structure of selected animal populations [BH1_U04; R1A_U04; BH1_U05; R1A_U05; BH1_U06; R1A_U05; BH1_U09; R1A_U06]; U04 - knows how toconduct observations and research in natural field conditions and laboratory tests and interprets the results [BH1_U04; R1A_U04].
Competences: Student: K01 - understands the role of man in the process of environment development [BH1_K09; R1A_K06]; K02 - and is able to apply ecology laws in protecting the environment and nature [BH1_K07; R1A_K05; BH1_K09; R1A_K06]; K03 – feels responsibility for the given equipment [BH1_K08; R1A_K05]; K04 – is able to undertake job connected with the widely understand environment and nature protection in the ecology services and government administration [BH1_K09; R1A_K06;BH1_K11; R1A_K08].
Prerequisites: zoology, botany
Course content: Course contents: The scope and methods of research in ecology. Limiting factors. Population, biocoenosis, ecosystem, landscape - the structure and functioning. Succession. Biodiversity and the Biocenotic balance. Climates, soils and biomes of the Earth. Biogeography. Circulation of the mattery and energy flow. Structure and productivity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecology and environmental and nature protection. Sustainable development.
Recommended literature: Banaszak J., Wiśniewski H.: Podstawy ekologii, Wyd. Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2005; Falińska K.: Ekologia roślin, PWN, Warszawa 2004; Kornaś J., Medwecka-Kornaś A.: Geografia roślin, PWN, Warszawa 2002; Krebs Ch.: Ekologia. Eksperymentalna analiza rozmieszczenia i liczebności, PWN, Warszawa 2011; Stanley S.M.: Historia Ziemi, PWN, Warszawa2003; Weiner J.: Życie i ewolucja biosfery, PWN, Warszawa 2012.
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