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Course code: BBS10129f11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Ornithology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Dr Grzegorz Kopij
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: avian taxonomy (species concept, isolation, sibling species, hybridization, speciation; avian systematics); population ecology (population properties, distribution and abundance, habitat selection); breeding ecology (timing ofbreeding, ciutch size, reproductive success); foraging ecology; behavioural ecology (territoriality and colonial breeding, social systems, cooperative breeding, brood parasitism); orientation and navigation; protection of birds
Competences:
Prerequisites: systematic zoology, ecology, evolutionism
Course content: The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of avian ecology, taxonomy, migration, ecophysiology, behavioural ecology and population ecology. Special attention is given to to the visual and vocal identification of common species of indigenous avifauna. Students become familiarized with principal fleid methods applied in avian ecology (count methods, diet anałysis, methods applied in habitat and nest site selection; estimation of reproductive success) and in the protection ofbirds; literaturę searching.
Recommended literature: • Cramp S (ed) 1975-1995. The Birds of Western Palearctic. Tom 1-9. Oxford • Krebs P. 1999. Ekologia behawioralna. Warszawa. • Siewek W. et al. 2000. Ptaki Europy. Warszawa. • Stawarczyk T., Tomiałojć L. 2003. Awifauna Polski. Wrocław • Hayman P., Hume R. 2005. Rozpoznawanie ptaków. Warszawa
Assessment methods: grade and exam
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