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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Geography

121-306 Ecological Biogeography A

Note:

Credit cannot be obtained for both this subject and 121-339 or Faculty of Arts subjects 121-340, 121-341.

Credit Points:

27

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor Neal Enright & Dr Barbara Downes

Prerequisite/s:

Any one of the following; 121-213/313 Plants, People and Environment; 606-204 Plant Ecology, 654-204/214 Animal Ecology or permission of the Subject Coordinators.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

39 lectures (3 per week), 39 hours of laboratories (3 hours per week), 36 hours (6 days) of fieldwork

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

  • understand the major concepts of the species, succession, climax and diversity, as they apply to plant and animal communities;

  • understand the major role which natural disturbance, on different spatial and temporal scales, plays in the dynamic behaviour of communities and populations;

  • understand the concepts, aims and developing methodologies associated with the emerging fields of landscape ecology and restoration ecology;

  • be able to apply basic field, laboratory and computer methods for community and population description and analysis.

Content:

Concepts in plant and animal biogeography; island biogeography; succession theory; diversity theory; natural disturbance regimes and the dynamics of communities and populations. Applications to: island floras and faunas; nature reserves; fire ecology and management; forest ecosystems. Anthropogenic disturbance; landscape ecology; restoration ecology.

Assessment:

One 2-hour final examination, 13 weekly laboratory exercises, a 3000 word field report, seminar work. Weighting of assessment items will be announced at the beginning of the semester.
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