Content (Syllabus outline)
Presentation of ecology as a basic biological discipline; biotope and biocoenosis, ecosystem hierarchy and the laws of thermodynamics, alteration and successions. Abiotic factors: physical and chemical structure of the ecosystems. Biotic structure: populations and communities, habitat and ecological niche. Biotic factors, species-species interactions: competition, mutualism, predation, grazing. Primary and secondary succession in different ecosystems.
Aquatic ecosystems: structure and basic communities. Wetland ecosystems and role of primary producers.
Terrestrial ecosystems: basic hierarchy and basic functions. Most common biomes in
biosphere, diversity of ecosystems in Europe.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for course work:
Inscription to the first academic year of the study.
Prerequisites for admittance to the exam:
- presented and accepted seminar
- presence at practicals
- presence at field work