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Exotarium ZOO Brno
Kučera, Jiljí ; Wittmann, Maxmilian (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor)
The topic of the bachelor thesis is the design of a pavilion for the Australia - New Guinea exhibition in Brno Zoo. The building serves mainly as an exposition and home for exotic species of birds, small mammals and fish. The building should meet all the conditions of buildings for the public, working conditions for employees and animal welfare. The area under consideration is located in the premises of the Brno Zoo, in the northern part of the district of Bystrc. The construction site is located roughly in the middle of the zoo at the crossroads between the Tropical Pavilion and the African Village. The relatively sloping, irregular plot is accessible from the north and east sides by a campus road. The kangaroo enclosure is directly adjacent to the west side, while the bison and camel enclosures are located to the north, across the road. The resulting design consists of a two-storey building that follows the contour line of the site. It is a building composed of two regular masses of rectangular plan. The upper smaller mass is superimposed on the lower larger mass. The pavilion includes indoor and outdoor aviaries, terrariums, aquariums, staff facilities, animal facilities and food preparation. The facade of the Exotarium imitates the red rock typical of Australia. It is made up of an ETICS system to which a moulded polystyrene layer and a painted surface will be added. An extensive green roof with aviaries is proposed on the main building. The design includes a small plaza to provide shade for visitors. Two buildings are proposed within the square - refreshments and public toilets. The bachelor thesis is based on documents in the form of assignment, dwg drawing of the cadastral situation and architectural study from the course BGA036 - Architectural Atelier 5.
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Fylogenetická analýza peniální morfologie u novoguinejských hlodavců
KOVAŘÍK, Vojtěch
This study deals with the description of the penile and bacular morphology of New Guinean rodents. I documented and scored many qualitative and quantitative characters using the stereoscopic microscope and non-destructive microcomputer tomography machine (CT). The obtained data matrix was analyzed phylogenetically, which enabled me to reconstruct ancestral conditions for Rattini, and various subgroups of hydromyine rodents. I also identified a complex evolution of penile and bacular features, and also some perspectives for future investigations.
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Mechanisms structuring arboreal ant communities along ecological gradients in New Guinea rainforests
PLOWMAN, Nichola Sarah
The thesis explores the community ecology and diversity of tropical ants, with a strong focus on the arboreal ants of Papua New Guinea rainforests. The aim was to investigate the drivers of community structure in these diverse communities, and how these change along the ecological gradients of elevation and forest succession. Using unique datasets from censuses of whole forest plots at low, mid and high elevation forests, the effects of vegetation structure and nest microhabitat use on ant community structure and diversity are compared across elevations. Furthermore, a community study of an understorey ant-plant mutualism was undertaken to explore elevational changes in interaction networks and the costs and benefits of mutualistic interaction. For lowland primary and secondary forest, taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of arboreal ant communities were quantified. In addition, aspects of the methodology of community functional diversity studies are examined, and suggested improvements to data handling in cases where full datasets are not available are discussed.
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Mutation rates and dispersal of human populations
Kulichová, Iva ; Černý, Viktor (advisor) ; Šolc, Roman (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with estimation of mutation rate of DNA and its use for dating of the first settlement of Sahul. The first part describes direct approach for the estimation of the mutation rate, based on the analysis of pedigrees and indirect approach based on phylogenetic analysis. The weaknesses of these methods are presented as well, as they distort the resulting values of the mutation rate and therefore it is necessary not to ingore them. Some alternatives of calibration methods for the direct and the indirect estimation of the mutation rate are introduced, for example based on archaeological samples. The subsequent section discusses the characteristic mutation rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA estimated utilising the direct and the indirect approach. The difference between pedigree and phylogenetic rates appears especially in the mitochondrial DNA, because of selection.The second part outlines the evolutionary path leading to anatomically modern human in Africa and his expansion into Eurasia based on the fossil record dated 45,000 years ago. Particular attention is paid to the settlement of Sahul in archaeological and molecular point of view. Based on the combination of these sources of information, it is possible to conclude that the settlement of Sahul passed from Africa along...
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