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| Course name | OS12a - Ecology of the red-backed shrike - masked sparrow that looks like a small predator |
| Course ID | 13.9-WB-OS2P-rekol.gąs.-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences |
| Field of study | Environmental Protection |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2021/2022 |
| Semester | 6 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Laboratory | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Understanding the survival strategy of the selected bird species using predation as a way of acquiring food and its life strategy adapted to the environment. This bird breeds in most of Europe and W Asia. Winters in tropical Africa. The bird is listed as a "least concern" (LC) species on a global scale. Some parts of its range have seen a steep decline in numbers. Locally its status can be less secure.
High school level - biology.
Strategies of survival in birds. The ecology of the shrike. Examples of the behavior of the shrike.
Lectures
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Test. Project.
Odum E. Ekologia ogólna. PWN, Warszawa.
Sokołowski J. Ptaki ziem polskich. PWN, Warszawa.
"Predator exaptations and defensive adaptations in evolutionary balance: No defence is perfect". Evolutionary Ecology. SpringerLink. 6: 527–536. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
Yosef, R. (1996). Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA
Modified by dr Olaf Ciebiera (last modification: 19-05-2021 22:02)
