Courses

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the geographical distribution, floristic composition, ecological conditions, and evolutionary history of the major vegetation biomes of the Earth. Emphasis is placed on the origin and differentiation of global vegetation formations, their relationships with climatic, geographical, and historical factors, and floristic differences among continents. Students will gain knowledge of characteristic plant groups, life forms, and adaptive strategies within individual biomes, including important coevolutionary relationships. Attention is paid to zonal, azonal, and extrazonal vegetation, floristic regions, endemism, and the historical development of plant distribution ranges. The course also addresses the origins of economically important plants, anthropogenic vegetation changes, and ongoing shifts in biome distributions associated with climate change.