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Course details
Course code: BHS10044f11
Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: BIOMETEOROLOGY
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Adam Roman
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: During the course student gathering theoretical knowledge about climate and weather factors, their co-operations and biometeorogical classification of weather and climate. Student purchases also practical skills to describe weather state or its metrological factors. What is more he has also knowledge about multidirectional interactions between climate, fauna and flora.

Competences: After course student can make biometeorological maps of typical geographic regions, can define how regional bioclimates and weather types influence on physic and physiological condition of animals and humans. Student is able to asses how animals react on weather changeovers. He may also define which species and animal races can be breed in different climate. Why this climate regionalization is so important. Is it possible to use geographic regionalization of climatotherapy? Thanks to this knowledge about climatology and meteorology can be improved.

Prerequisites:

Course content: Climate factors and their influences on climate types; weather factors and their variability; dependence between weather factors; influences of meteorological elements on human and animal organism; adaptation to defined climate conditions, acclimatization; adaptation to changing weather conditions, meteotropismus, climatotherapy.

Recommended literature: Bac S., Koźmiński Cz., Rojek M., Agrometeorologia\\\\ Berke-Nowak G., 1998. Pogoda a zdrowie, Kraków Bogucki J. (red.), 1999. Biometeorologia turystyki i rekreacji. Poznań Budko M.I., 1975. Klimat i życie. PWN, Warszawa Grączewski J., 1967. Wpływ pogody na zdrowie człowieka. PZWL, Poznań Jankowiak J. (red.), 1976. Biometeorologia człowieka. PZWL, Warszawa Kaczorowska Z., 1986. Pogoda i klimat. WSiP, Warszawa Kozłowska T., Błażejczyk K., Krawczyk B., 1997. Biometeorologia człowieka. Monografie IGiPZ PAN, Warszawa Okołowicz W.: Klimatologia ogólna. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa Rosenthal N., 1995. Zimowe smutki. Wydawnictwo WAB, Warszawa Roth G.D., 2000. Pogoda i klimat. Bertelsmann Media Sp. z o.o. Świat Książki, Warszawa Simoni G., Rojkowski A., 1986. Materiały do ćwiczeń z biometeorologii z elementami wykładu. skrypt AR Wrocław Trojan P., 1985. Bioklimatologia ekologiczna. PWN, Warszawa

Assessment methods: Grade lectures and practical training Minimum 60% of knowledge to pass

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