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Croatian Flora

Code: 208673
ECTS: 4.0
Lecturers in charge: prof. dr. sc. Toni Nikolić
Lecturers: dr. sc. Vedran Šegota - Practicum

prof. dr. sc. Antun Alegro - Lectures
Take exam: Studomat
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1. komponenta

Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 30
Practicum 15
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
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Subject content

Lectures:

1. Introduction, application of knowledge of flora, examples of application, need for data, recipients and service providers, state of research and problems, diversity of Croatian flora
2. Distribution of diversity in plant families, comparison with other areas, abiotic influencing factors and data sources
3. Endangered flora and protection, international and national legislation and conventions, threat assessment, IUCN categories and meaning, basic assessment settings, regional adaptation
4. State of threat and assessments in Croatia, red books and lists, overview of state of threat and causes of threat of Croatian flora
5. Non-native and invasive flora, definitions and terminology, classification and standardization, presentation of the situation in Croatia, examples
6. Economic botany I, importance of plants in economy, standards of economic botany, presentation of flora with regard to utility value
7. Economic botany II, overview of the most important families and examples, origin of species in culture
8. Endemism, basic concepts and definitions, terminology, endemics in the flora of Croatia, abundance and distribution, comparison with other areas, selected examples
9. Standards in Botany, needs and solutions, TDWG
10. Methods of investigating the diversity of flora I, inventory, basic directions, prerequisites and assumptions, determination, accessories and materials, production of flora lists, field work, examples
11. Methods of flora diversity research II, flora mapping, direct mapping, indirect mapping, cartographic layers, forms and manuals
12. Methods of flora diversity research III, MTB grid system, UTM grid system, presentation of geocoding methods of findings
13. Methods of flora diversity research III, monitoring, plots, measurement and assessment of frequency, measurement and assessment of density, assessment of coverage, examples

Seminar:

The seminar time-schedule is primarily used for the preparation of a professional report on the flora of the area, which was practically processed as part of the field lesson in botany (45066) (4909).

1. How to write a scientific paper, seminar, professional report or graduate thesis
2. Processing examples of scientific and professional papers on the flora of an area
3. Methods of floristic data processing and presentation methods
4. Criteria for selecting field course areas and gathering existing data
5. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
6. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
7. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
8. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
9. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
10. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
11. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
12. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course
13. Writing a report on the area researched as part of the field course

Practicum:

Practical work with plant material, collections, Flora Croatica database:

1. Review of literature related to the flora of Croatia, Flora of Croatia, Flora of neighboring countries, Flora of the Mediterranean and Europe, Monographs of genera/families, Illustrated monographs, Iconographies, International Botanical Codex, Virtual floras, Virtual libraries; overview of the most important botanists of the Croatian flora, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Paul (Pál) Kitaibel, Muzio Giuseppe Spirito de' Tommasini, Roberto Visiani, Josip Kalasancije Schlosser, Ljudevit (Farkaš) Vukotinović, Ljudevit Rossi, Günther Ritter Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Arpad Degen, August von Hayek, Ivo Horvat, Čedomil Šilić
2. Herbarium, definitions, role, organization, history, herbarium collections in Croatia; type herbarium specimens, botanical nomenclature
3. Identification keys, types, roles; practical work with identification keys; identification of some Croatian endemics
4. Visit to the herbarium collections ZA, ZAHO and CHNM
5. Geocoding, principles of geocoding, practical work and problem solving
6. Getting to know the basics of working with FCD; practical work and solving tasks
7. Getting to know the basics of working with FCD, authorized access; practical work and solving tasks
8. Work with MapServer, with geocoding methods using MapServer, the operation of GPS devices; practical work and solving tasks
9. Getting to know the methods of flora list analysis; presentation of demonstration professional and scientific works with basic analyzes (taxonomic composition, proportion of endemic, endangered, invasive taxa, life forms, ...); practical work and solving tasks
10. Practical work on the identification of plant species from field research
11. Practical work on the identification of plant species from field research
12. Practical work on the identification of plant species from field research
13. Practical work on the identification of plant species from field research
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8. semester
Izborni predmeti biologija 2 / kemija 2 - Regular study - Biology and Chemistry Education
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