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Course code: BBS10168o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: General ecology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 25 / 25
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Gabryś
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course, the student acquires knowledge on the structure and mechanisms of functioning of biological systems at the levels of populations, biocoenoses, ecosystems, landscapes and biosphere. The student is capable of determining relations between organisms and their environment and the role of humans in environmental processes. The student is able to apply ecological principles in environment protection and nature conservancy.
Competences: The course provides skills sufficient to carry out studies in ecology and work in the area of broadly understood environment protection and nature conservancy in ecological services and state administration.
Prerequisites: botany, zoology
Course content: Area and methods in ecology. Limiting factors. Population, biocoenosis, ecosystem, landscape – structure and functioning. Succession. Biodiversity and biological equilibrium. Population genetics. Climates, soils and biomes of the Earth. Biogeography. Circulation of matter and energy flow. Structure and productivity of land and water ecosystems. Ecology and environment protection and nature conservancy. Sustainable development.
Recommended literature: 1. Banaszak, J., Wiśniewski, H.: Podstawy ekologii. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane WSP w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz 1999; 2. Krebs, Ch. J.: Ekologia. Eksperymentalna analiza rozmieszczenia i liczebności. PWN, Warszawa 1997; 3. Odum, E. P.: Podstawy ekologii. PWRiL, Warszawa 1977; 4. Weiner, J.: Życie i ewolucja biosfery. PWN, Warszawa 1999.
Assessment methods: Obligatory completion of laboratory training and field course, minimum 67% of knowledge to pass
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