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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture : Forestry

211-215 Forest Ecology

Credit Points:

11

Coordinator:

Mr R Hateley

Prerequisite/s:

211-216 Forest Dendrology

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

24 hours of lectures and 36 hours of practical work

Objectives:

On completion of this unit, students should be: competent in categorising Australian vegetation on both a structural and a floristic basis; identifying the major components of the Australian flora using keys: familiar with basic ecological concepts from the organisational levels of the organism through to the biosphere, particularly in relation to forests.

Content:

Plant systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature. Construction and use of keys. Forest ecology: the environment, the organism, the population, the community, the ecosystem, the biosphere.

Assessment:

One 3-hour written examination at the end of the semester and written tests and practical assignments may be given throughout the course.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Krebs C, Ecology, 1985 Academic Press.
  • Clarke, I & Lee, H., Name that Flower, MUP, 1987.
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