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 606-311 Community & Ecosystem Ecology B(lecture)

Note

Credit cannot be granted for both 606-301 and 606-311.

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr P M Attiwill

Prerequisites

Botany 606-201, 606-204.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

24 lectures (2 per week) and 18 hours seminar/discussion groups based on individual library research projects

Subject Description

This subject aims to provide a sound theoretical basis of modern trends, developments and methods in plant ecology, with particular reference to south-eastern Australia. Lecture and seminar topics include:

  • vegetation and soils of natural ecosystems of Australia;

  • structure, floristics and dynamics of vegetation;

  • the ecology of natural disturbance and succession;

  • forest soils, forest productivity and nutrient cycling;

  • quantitative analysis of vegetation data; and

  • theories and models of community structure, dynamics and diversity.

The seminar/discussion exercises provide training in library research and in the preparation, writing and oral presentation of scientific reports.

Assessment

A 3-hour written examination at the end of the semester.

Prescribed Texts
  • Groves R H, Australian Vegetation. 1981 Cambridge University Press.
  • Attiwill P M and Leeper G W, Forest Soils and Nutrient Cycles. 1987 Melbourne University Press.
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