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121-025 Biodiversity | |
Note | Formerly available as 121-270/370. Students who have completed 121-270/370 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. All BSc students, except those enrolled in the BA/BSc combined course and the BASc course, can only receive credit at the 200-level for this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Neal Enright |
Prerequisites | 25 points of first-year subjects from the following list: 121-101, 121-171, 121-172, 600-141, 600-142, 600-111 or other appropriate subjects as approved by the subject coordinator. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two lectures and two hours of labs/seminars per week, and a 2-day field camp |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students to genetic, species, ecosystem, and functional diversity; the scientific, economic, medical, moral and other arguments for maintenance of biodiversity; methods for estimating biodiversity; patterns of biodiversity in space and time; hypotheses to explain global, regional and local patterns of biodiversity; biodiversity loss; and national and international policy on biodiversity. On completion of this subject students should: understand the reasons why maintenance of biodiversity is important; have knowledge of the global patterns of distribution of biodiversity; comprehend the major hypotheses proposed to explain global and local patterns of species diversity; be able to use a variety of quantitative methods to estimate levels of diversity; be aware of the processes leading to biodiversity loss, and of the Australian and international legislation, conventions and initiatives concerned with biodiversity conservation and exploitation. |
Assessment | Written work from practical classes and seminars totalling 2500 words, and a 1.5-hour examination. Students must attend the field camp, and a minimum 80% of scheduled laboratory and seminar classes to be eligible to pass the subject. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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