Landscape Ecology

• Theoretical and methodological background of landscape ecology and its role in implementing the sustainability paradigm;

• General characteristics of ecosystems in terms of their material-energy flow and the reasons for their transformation

• Abiotic and biotic elements of the environment, basic ecology of organisms;

• Elements of ecosystems, various forms of their interactions;

• Ecosystems as energy systems and the importance of biogeochemical cycles for their functioning and biomass production;

• Biodiversity and the adaptation to living conditions;

• The role of succession in maintaining the natural equilibrium and biodiversity;

• The application of ecosystem mechanisms in the planning of sustainable development;

• Fundamentals and criteria of landscape-ecological division. Indicators and criteria for environmental vulnerability assessment;

• Vulnerability of individual landscape elements and landscape-ecological units of Slovenia;

• Sustainable management of fragile ecosystems. Geographical characteristics of fragile ecosystems in Slovenia and restrictions on further human impacts.

• Naveh, Z., Lieberman, A. S., 1994. Landscape Ecology. New York, Springer. 360 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 209762
• Park, C. C, 2001. The Environment. Principles and Applications. London, New York: Routledge, 660 str. (izbrana poglavja) COBISS.SI-ID – 23859461
• De Vries, B. J. M., 2013. Sustainability Science. New York. Cambridge Press, 590 str. (izbrana poglavja) COBISS.SI-ID – 53984098
• Špes, M., Cigale, D., Lampič, B., Natek, K., Plut, D., Smrekar, A., 2002. Študija ranljivosti okolja. Metodologija in aplikacija. Ljubljana, Založba ZRC, 150 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 123246336
• Tome, D., 2006. Ekologija. Organizmi v prostoru in času. Ljubljana, Tehniška založba Slovenije, 344 str. COBISS.SI-ID – 229411840

Other current literature available in the e-classroom.