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Protection of Invertebrates in Legal Regulation of European Union
Chlup, Petr ; Žákovská, Karolina (advisor) ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (referee)
266 Protection of Invertebrates in the Legal Regulation of the European Union Abstract In recent years, studies on the population trends of insects and other invertebrates reported widespread declines most pronounced in intensely developed regions, such as Europe. The likely causes include various activities of the industrial society, including agriculture, urbanisation, forestry, and commercial fishing. Most of these activities are governed by, inter alia, legislation on the EU level. This thesis argues that even though there are no completely white spaces in the EU law and relevant legislation addresses most of the important areas of invertebrate conservation, the current legislation is not comprehensive and inclusive enough. The arguments for this conclusion are derived from the analysis of the current EU legislation in the face of the biological context of invertebrates. In Part I, the contextual framework for the analysis is built up by outlining the presented problem of declining invertebrate populations. A short introduction to the taxonomy and ecology of invertebrates is followed by a summary of the environmental threats they currently face. The threats are matched to the corresponding EU legislation, thereby laying out the structure of Part II. The second part includes chapters on the relevant...
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Methodological problems of the analyses of insect decline
Chlup, Petr ; Storch, David (advisor) ; Sedláček, Ondřej (referee)
In recent years, several studies reporting a severe decline of insect populations across several continents turned the spotlight on the problem of insect decline. However, the reported declining parameters may vary, and it is necessary to differentiate between declines in biomass, abundance, diversity, or geographical range reduction. This thesis aims to summarize how the conclusions about insect decline are shaped by the methods researchers use, especially by the variables they measure, emphasizing the potential methodological issues and limitations of the various facets of insect decline. Furthermore, we offer a brief digest of the most relevant potential biases and interpretative risks threatening population monitoring surveys. The review also provides concise insight into the state of knowledge on the matter of insect population trends. Keywords: insects, insect decline, insect population trends, methodology, methodological issues
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Portfolio optimalization of ŠKODA AUTO family cars
Koláčná, Kateřina ; Lhotáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Chlup, Petr (referee)
The first chapter presents SKODA AUTO a.s. The second chapter deals with the theorethical background of automotive industry. Then the thesis deals with intersection with customer needs and car market in CR. The fourth chapter deals with introduction of czech car market. Fifth chapter: there is provided analysis of performance of czech family car market. Final part of thesis deals with recomendation how to rearrange the product portfolio.
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