Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
Course description
1. Title of the course: Animal geography
2. Name and title of the lecturer:
3. Name of the degree programme: Nature conservation engineer BSc programme
4. Type of course: compulsory to select form (B)
5. Schedule of education: 5th semester 2+0
6. Credit value of the course: 3
7. Educational objective:
The target of the course is to introduce the evidences causing the historical and recent
spreading patterns of animals, to introduce the earth historical and evolutional
processions and to review the animal geography aspects of island biogeography. The
fauna of the animal empires and of the different life geographical regions of Hungary
are also studied.
8. Personnel background: lecturer
9. Course content:
1. week: The subject of animal geography, basic definitions
2. week: The factors, methods and barriers of spreading. The settling
3. week: Vicarism, pseudo-vicarism, and their earth historical and evolutional
explanation. The role of plate tectonical, geological and climatic processes in the
spreading of animals
4. week: Animal geography aspects of island biogeography. Characterizing the big
animal geography empires
5. week: Regional animal geography: Palaearctic fauna
6. week: Regional animal geography: Nearctic fauna
7. week: Regional animal geography: Afrotropic fauna
8. week: Regional animal geography: Neotropic fauna
Debreceni Egyetem
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Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
9. week: Regional animal geography: Indomalai fauna
10. week: Regional animal geography: Australian fauna
11. week: Regional animal geography: Oceania, Antarctic fauna, and the fauna of the
oceans
12. week: Description of the Carpathian Basin regarding animal geography, the origin of
its fauna
13. week: Exponents of the Hungarian fauna elements
14. week: Animal geography description the Hungarian landscape units
15. Mode of assessment during the semester: none
10. Type of exam: terminal examination
10. Compulsory practice related to the course: none
13. Compulsory and recommended literature:
Udvardy, M. (1983): Dinamikus állatföldrajz. Tankönyvkiadó. Budapest
Széky, P. (1989): A Föld állatvilága. Kis állatföldrajz. Mezőgazdasági Könyvkiadó.
Budapest
Varga, J. and Rácz, I. (1996): Állatföldrajz. Líceum Kiadó. Eger
Attenborough, D. (1994): Az élővilág enciklopédiája. GeoHolding Rt. Budapest
Fauna Hungariae sorozat vonatkozó kötetei
14. Exam themes:
1. Delineate and describe the passive, active and random spreading.
2. Delineate the barriers of spreading.
3. Describe the leaping and diffuse spreading and the secular migration.
4. Explain the definitions of vicarism and pseudo-vicarism. Delineate their earth
historical and evolutional explanation.
5. Delineate the types of islands and the factors affecting the settlement of islands.
6. Reason the particular endangerment of island faunas.
7. Delineate the spreading of marsupial mammals, explain their spreading pattern.
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Debreceni Egyetem
A környezetgazdálkodási mérnöki, illetve a természetvédelmi és vadgazda
mérnöki alapképzési (BSc) szakok képesítési követelményeinek kidolgozása, a
szakok beindítása. HEFOP- 3.3.1-P.-2004-09-0071/1.0 projekt
8. Delineate the spreading of struthioniforms, explain their spreading pattern.
9. Delineate the spreading of bears.
10. Delineate the spreading of cats.
11. Delineate the spreading of primates.
12. Delineate the spreading of camels and horse-like animals.
13. Delineate the spreading of rhinoceroses and elephants.
14. Delineate the spreading of cetaceans.
15. Delineate the common features of Nearctis and Palearctis and the reasons of similarity
and dissimilarity of their living world.
16. Delineate the fauna of the Palearctis.
17. Delineate the fauna of the Nearctis.
18. Delineate the fauna of the Afrotropis.
19. Delineate the fauna of the Neotropis.
20. Delineate the fauna of the Indomalai region.
21. Delineate the fauna of the Australian region.
22. Delineate the fauna of the Antarctis and the oceans.
23. Delineate the fauna of the Oceania region.
24. Delineate the origin of the fauna of the Carpathian Basin.
25. Delineate the fauna elements of Hungary.
26. Describe the fauna of the South Transdanubian areas.
27. Describe the fauna of the West Transdanubian areas.
28. Describe the fauna of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve areas.
29. Describe the fauna of the North-Hungarian Mountains.
30. Describe the fauna of the Transtisza areas.
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