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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Geography

121-340 Principles of Ecological Biogeography

Note:

Students taking this subject should consider also taking 121-341 Techniques in Ecological Biogeography. Students cannot receive credit for both this subject and Faculty of Science subject 121-306 Ecological Biogeography A or 121-339 Ecological Biogeography B.

Credit Points:

When taken from Geography, Faculty of Arts:
16.7 3rd year
When taken from Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning:
12.5

Coordinator:

Dr Neal Enright and Dr Barbara Downes

Prerequisite/s:

121-213/313 Plants, People and Environment, or permission of the subject coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour seminar per week

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should be able to:

  • 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.

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:

Written work equivalent to 3000 words (40 %); seminars (10 %); a final two hour exam (50 %).
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