Přednášky probíhají v aglickém jazyce.

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1. Biological invasions: introduction
- phenomenon of biological invasions
- invasion biology as a young scientific field vs. biological invasions as an old phenomenon
- how species become invasive
- modes of ecological and economical impacts
- main functional and taxonomic groups of invasive species

2. Invasion process and pathways
- stages of invasion process
- barriers to invasions
- hypotheses explaining success of invasive species
- pathways of introduction (human-mediated vs. natural)
- evolutionary processes involved in biological invasions
- genetics of invasions

3. Animal and plant invasions in terrestrial environments
4. Invasions in freshwater and marine environments
(both above-mentioned lectures should have similar structure):
- main pathways of invasions specific for plants, vertebrates and invertebrates in the respective environments
- environment-specific modes of impact
- specific examples of important invasive species (taken from the lists of 100 worst invaders of the world and in Europe, respectively) demonstrating various aspects of invasions; these will always include:
o region of origin
o primary and secondary invasion pathway(s)
o history and dynamics of spread
o interaction with native species and communities
o other impacts

5. Emerging invasive diseases
- examples of emerging, important invader pathogens of wildlife (crayfish plague, chytridiomycosis of amphibians, white nose disease of bats, etc.)
- origin, impact and detection of the pathogens
- methodological approaches for detecting invasive pathogens

6. Conclusions: Impact and mitigation of biological invasions
- available procedures to prevent or stop invasions
- economic impacts and how to estimate them
- examples of successes and failures
- EU legislation on invasive alien species

Předmět je vyučován za podpory projektu Zvýšení kvality vzdělávání na UK a jeho relevance pro potřeby trhu práce, reg.č. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002362.