791-321 Ecological Management

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The objective of this subject is to:

• expand the student's knowledge of the conservation of ecosystems at State, National and Global levels;

• develop the student's understanding of the conservation biology of endangered species, and the concepts of rarity and captive breeding;

• the role of fire and disturbance in ecological management;

• provide the student with a background into the role and conservation biology of remnant vegetation and corridor networks;

• evaluate the perceptions of conservation within the community, and the efficacy and impediments to change in the management and implementation of ecological management.

Content:

Conservation biology, with emphasis on the biology of rarity, extinction and evolutionary processes. Population genetics; management of endangered species and captive breeding; the role of fire and other disturbances in the management of ecosystems; the ecology and conservation biology of remnant vegetation and the role of corridor networks in Australia, and Victoria in particular; the management of remnant vegetation in Australia, and the perception within the rural community to remnant vegetation.; impediments to management of remnant vegetation in rural Australia, and likely incentives and strategies to improve and enhance implementation.

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