BZ1002:03
Introductory Ecology
Cairns
HECS Band 2
26 hours lectures, 48 hours practicals. Semester 2.
Staff: Dr B Congdon.
An introduction to the ways in which animals and plants interact with one another and with their environment, at the level of populations, communities and ecosystems.
Learning Objectives:
- to learn the principles of ecology;
- to gain an understanding of Australian ecosystems, with emphasis on the tropics;
- to learn laboratory and field techniques in ecology, how to apply these techniques to answering ecological questions and how to produce scientific reports;
- to learn about the application of ecological principles to solving environmental problems, e.g. human population growth, pollution, loss of biodiversity.
Assessment by examination (60%); practical reports (20%); practical book (10%); tutorial performance (10%).