BZ1030:03
Introductory Ecology
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
37 hours lectures, 5 hours tutorials, 21 hours laboratory/field work. Semester 2.
Staff: Dr R Congdon.
An introduction to the ecology of populations, communities and ecosystems, including selected aspects of physiological ecology, biogeography and evolutionary ecology.
Learning Objectives:
- to learn the basic 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%).