ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: BBS20230o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Biology and insects ecology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 3
Lecturer: dr Andrzej Józef Woźnica
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Students will have an extended knowledge on conservation problems related to Polish insects, with their biology and identification data and various methods their protection.
Competences: Passing the course permits students to put the possessed information about biology and development of terrestrial winged insects (mostly endangered and protected species) into the practice, i.e. in various works related to valorization of valuable natural area in Poland and to monitoring of protected area (i.e. nature reserve and National Parks).
Prerequisites: General Ecology, Nature Conservation, Paleontology, Invertebrate Zoology.
Course content: Biology, distribution and morphological characteristics of selected insect taxa, including protected species and species facing a risk of extinction. Basic methods and paths to protect winged insects, as the dominant group in nature.
Recommended literature: Bej-Bienko, G. J. Zarys entomologii. PWRiL Warszawa, 1976. Bogdanowicz W., E. Chudzicka, I. Pilipiuk, E. Skibińska: Fauna Polski - Charakterystyka i wykaz gatunków. Tom I i II (Annelida, Arthropoda pro parte, Insecta). MIIZ, Warszawa, 2004 i 2007. Głowaciński, Z. Nowacki, J. Polska czerwona księga zwierząt. Bezkręgowce. IOP PAN, AR im. A. Cieszkowskiego, 2004. Szujecki, A. Entomologia leśna, tom I i II. Wyd. 2 poprawione. SGGW Warszawa, 1998. Witkowski, Z., Adamski, P., Bartel, R., Kepel, A., Bereszyński, A. (red.). Gatunki Zwierząt (z wyjątkiem ptaków). Poradniki Ochrony siedlisk i gatunków natura 2000 – podręcznik metodyczny. Vol. 6, Ministerstwo Środowiska, Warszawa, 2004.
Assessment methods: Oral credit after 8 semesters; minimum level of knowledge to pass: 60%.
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